Invited specialist paper: constraints modelling in product design

摘要

The main objective of product design is to meet the functional requirements. Given the alternatives on the selection of materials, product configuration, the required manufacturing and assembly methods, and costs, design needs to satisfy various constraints imposed on these selections. In order to solve constraints in design, representation of constraints is a challenge facing the design engineers. This paper reviews the current literature on the modeling of constraints in product design. It also discusses several constraint-based design methods.