A User-Oriented Design Knowledge Reuse Model

Abstract

To promote the level of reusing the accumulated design knowledge in the company, we intend to develop a knowledge reuse model in this paper. First, the design knowledge is discussed, and a unified design knowledge model is proposed. Following that, we identify three design knowledge reuse patterns which contribute to the understanding of how designers reuse knowledge during the design process. Based on that, we propose a design knowledge reuse model. This model can provide design knowledge according to the design knowledge reuse patterns. The model also provides the ability to update itself according to the captured actions of the knowledge users. At last, the method is validated with a research cooperator on the hydropneumatic spring component.

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“…Many researchers believe that comprehensive utilization of accumulated knowledge is vital to maintaining the competitive advantage in today's knowledge-based economy, particularly within research and development organizations [1][2][3]. According to the statistic, over 90% of product design is variant design [4], which means new requirements can be satisfied by simply revising the accumulated design knowledge like solution report, 3D models, and others [5]. Therefore, the design knowledge acquisition and utilization are of great importance for completing design tasks.…”