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Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

• TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
• BASIC DESIGN 5
• REFERENCES 8
• COMMERCIAL 9
• REFERENCES 9
• PRODUCT DESIGN 10
• LEGAL DESIGN AXIOMS 10
• REFERENCES 10
• SPECIFICATIONS 11
• REFERENCES 13
• DESIGN METHODS 14
• BLACK BOX DESIGN 14
• REFERENCES 14
• CONCEPTUAL DESIGN 15
• GENERATION OF CONCEPTS 15
• CONCEPT EVALUATION 18
• REFERENCES 21
• HUMAN FACTORS/ERGONOMICS 22
• ERGONOMICS 22
• SAFETY 23
• HUMAN STRENGTH AND PROPORTIONS 25
• EQUIPMENT INTERFACES 26
• REFERENCES 26
• MANAGEMENT 27
• PRACTICE PROBLEMS 28
• REFERENCES 29
• DESIGN TEAMS 30
• TEAM PROFILES 30
• REFERENCES 33
• ADMINISTRATION 34
• REFERENCES 34
• CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 35
• OVERVIEW 35
• DOING CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 37
• FUTURE TOOLS FOR CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 38
• SOFTWARE CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 38
• METHODS 38
• REFERENCES 40
• DESIGN FOR X (DFX) 41
• OVERVIEW 41
• DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY (DFA) 42
• DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING (DFM) 64
• DESIGN FOR RECYCLING (DFR) 64
• REFERENCES 67
• SAMPLE QUESTIONS 68
• AXIOMATIC DESIGN 69
• DRAFTING 73
• CONVENTIONAL DRAFTING 73
• NOTATIONS 102
• WORKING DRAWINGS 112
• PRACTICE PROBLEMS 116
• REFERENCES 116
• COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) 117
• DESIGN 117
• CAD HISTORY 119
• BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF CAD SYSTEMS 119
• EDITING AND CREATING 120
• USER INTERPRETATION OF THE GEOMETRIC MODEL 124
• USER DIRECTED CHANGES TO THE GEOMETRIC MODEL 125
• SELECTING A CAD SYSTEM 127
• DESIGN 130
• PRACTICE PROBLEMS 132
• GEOMETRICAL MODELLING OF PARTS 133
• OVERVIEW 133
• GEOMETRIC MODELS 134
• SOLID MODELERS 146
• MASS PROPERTIES 146
• NON-MANIFOLD PARTS 147
• NUMERICAL ACCURACY 148
• PRACTICE PROBLEMS 148
• GEOMETRICAL MODELLING FOR DESIGN 150
• CAD FILE FORMATS 168
• GRAPHICS FORMATS 170
• CAD FORMATS 170
• PDES/STEP 184
• PRACTICE PROBLEMS 184
• COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE) 186
• FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA) 186
• ASSEMBLY AND KINEMATICS 187
• ASSEMBLIES 189
• OPTIMIZATION 189

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