Archiving of structural solutions by task based conceptual design method

Abstract

The composition of the design libraries and database is essential for finding the optimal structural solution for a task-based conceptual design project. Nowadays the broad usage of digital technologies for the database composition and its update draws on the front line the demand for creating compatible formats for synthesizing and archiving procedures, facilitating the easy and task-based access to the database for the search of the needed solution. It is practical and efficient to organize this process in a task-based manner oriented to a specific group of solutions combined by the field of application and the specific types of tasks. As a result, the general tools of the suggested task-based design method are generalized and updated to the usage of design fragments, which could be general and satisfy for the specific groups of products with their specific properties. The methods and action steps of the named task-based design method are updated accordingly for such a purpose. The method is explained for a large group of locking pliers, showing the general set of properties and the potential design fragments used in the structure of various structural types of these tools.