Week 5 Lecture Design Automation
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Old Ideas
You can have any color you want, as long as it is black Henry Ford
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Design Automation Overview
Design automation is the process of automating the engineering requirements of product design reducing the need for human tasks.
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Product Lifecycle Week 5
Requirements Management Portfolio Management Conceptual Design Product Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering Simulation & Validation Build & Produce Disposal & Recycling Maintenance & Repair Sales & Distribution Test & Quality
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Market Opportunities
Customer Personalization Niche Markets
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Market Examples
Personalization Niche Markets
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Common Terms
Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE)
Embedding knowledge elements into CAD models for standardization and automation.
Engineer-to-Order (ETO)
Method of automating product that is engineered and manufactured differently per each order derived from a set of rules.
Configure-to-Order (CTO)
Method of manufacturing to allow create variable products from base product.
Design Automation
Methods and tools to automate and streamline design tasks
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Design Automation Benefits
Improve Profits (Time and Money) Address Niche and Personal Markets
Decrease Time to Market
Provide Accurate Product Cost Estimates Improved Sales Tools and Proposals Perfect Product Quality
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KBE Overview
Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) is the embedding of rules in designs for:
Capturing
Capture within your design models critical knowledge and logic
Sharing
Once design logic is captured you can easily share and reuse.
Reapplying
Leverage the logic downstream for automating tasks
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KBE Examples
Spring Generator Clamp Cylinder
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Configure-to-Order (CTO) Products
The product has been designed with a fixed set of variations.
All components generally already have been assigned a part number. In most cases there is no engineering time required to fulfill the specific product order.
Products may have some automated one off personalization elements.
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CTO Product Example
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Engineer-to-Order (ETO) Products
Products have established rules that require inputs to create infinite product variations.
There are often components that specific to the one single product order. There is often engineering required per each order and is often automated.
Product order often result in one off product designs.
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ETO Product Example
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Supporting Applications
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System
CTO products can be fully configured and processed just from managing the BOM within the ERP system in some cases.
Autodesk Inventor
iLogic Embedded KBE rules (code) within model files Autodesk Inventor Engineer-to-Order Development platform for ETO solutions Custom Programming Writing custom code using API of application
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iLogic Overview
iLogic is an integrated, rules-based development environment within Autodesk Inventor for Knowledge Base Engineering.
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Autodesk Inventor ETO Overview
Autodesk Inventor Engineer-to-Order software serves as a flexible development platform for building specialized applications for configurable systems.
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Autodesk Inventor ETO Demo
Live Demo
http://etosamples.autodesk.com/Conveyor
Video demo of Autodesk Inventor ETO
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ASC - Case Study
Challenge
To handle the complexity of designing and building autoclaves quickly and efficiently, ASC needed to automate its engineering and design process with Autodesk Intent.
Results
Enabled users to validate design and engineering decisions as they worked, minimizing the need for physical prototypes. Reduced autoclave design time from 16 weeks to only hours.
A typical autoclave can take even an experienced engineer up to 16 weeks to design and model. With the help Autodesk Intent, we can reduce that timeline to just a few hours. Dave Mason President ASC Process Systems United States
Enabled engineers to spend their time improving the product as opposed to modeling.
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Evans Consoles - Case Study
Challenge
To achieve double-digit growth and stay ahead of the competition, Evans Consoles needed to accelerate and simplify the concept-to-manufacture process of its design automation programs.
Results
Doubled sales and tripled the companys opportunity list within 12 months.
Autodesk Inventor Automation helped us improve our bottom line by allowing us to provide real-time quotations to customers and get products out to the marketplace without adding new designers. In fact, our business has literally doubled in the last 12 months and our headcount has remained relatively the same. Greg Smith CEO Evans Consoles Canada
Slashed design time from weeks to only minutes.
Vastly improved communication between design engineers and the shop floor.
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Evans Consoles Video
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Computer-Cluster Projects (CP5)
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Guided Lab Project 1
Guided instructions for automated gear creation using design accelerators.
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Guided Lab Project 2
Guided instructions for introduction to iLogic.
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Guided Lab Project 3
Guided instructions for iLogic conditional statements.
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Guided Lab Project 4
Guided instructions for iLogic Microsoft Excel Snippet.
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Guided Lab Project 5
Guided instructions for iLogic assembly configurations.
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Project Set Assignment
Creation of configurable robot assembly.
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Design Automation Demo Topics
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Bevel Gear Design Accelerator
Bevel gear
Ribbon: Design tab | Power Transmission panel
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iLogic Panel
iLogic - Ribbon: Manage tab | iLogic panel
Add rule: The Add Rule command enables you to add a rule to your model in inventor Rule Browser: The Rule Browser command shows all rules applied in the current document Event Triggers: The Event Triggers command helps you enable or disable the rules applicable for events. iTrigger: iTrigger is a user parameter you can use to activate rules manually. It can execute one or more rules . Regenerate All Rules: This command helps you synchronize the parameters in the rules with your model. Delete All Rules: This command deletes all the rules associated with your model. This is ideally used after configuring the model to export a sample configuration. About iLogic: This command gives you the details of the iLogic Extension ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools
Parameters Panel
Parameters
Ribbon: Manage tab | Parameters panel
Add Text Add True/False Filter
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If-Then-Else Statement
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Select Case Statement
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Excel Data Links Snippets
TitleRow MultiValue list from Excel SetValueOptions (on) FindRow CurrentRowValue
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CAD Project
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CAD Project Overview
Design seat handle release mechanism and assemble of side controls.
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CAD Project Provided Items
Project Assignment Document
Seat Assembly Model
Side Plastic Shield Cover and Electrical Switch Parts Design Requirements
Project Schedule
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CAD Project Deliverables
Interim Report Due 8am October 10, 2012
Submit conceptual design sketch images of handle and seat switch pad. Submit project task list with resource assignments
Final Report Due 8am October 17, 2012
Submit Autodesk Inventor model files and DWG files Submit PowerPoint report file Submit 5 min design presentation video (with audio explanation)
Presentation 8:30-10:20am October 18, 2012
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