Most organisations adhere to one form of product definition as the core of their product
development process. The dominant design methodology employed is the foundation upon …

Der starke internationale Wettbewerb in der Automobilindustrie zwingt die Unternehmen zu
immer kürzeren Produktzyklen bei gleichzeitiger Reduzierung der Kosten bei der …

In the process of product development, several software tools are involved. Such tools are
CAD, simulation and vizualization tools. During development process, the engineer must …

The information technologies are commonly accepted as one of the keys to support the new
enterprise paradigms emerging in the global market. Enterprises are not any more …

The planning process in civil engineering is highly complex and not manageable in its
entirety. The state of the art decomposes complex tasks into smaller, manageable sub-tasks …

Requirements are recognized as the NUMBER ONE cause of failed projects! Over budget,
over schedule, reduced scope, poor quality, unhappy customers and cancelled projects are …

CAD systems offer typically some visualization tools to have a better understanding of the
model. Although these possibilities have evolved considerably, even providing 3D …

The information technologies are commonly accepted as one of the keys to support the new
enterprise paradigms emerging in the global market. Enterprises are not any more …

Distributed virtual reality is expensive in terms of machine resources, and is even more so
for realistic and complex structures. We combine two different meanings of “distribution” in a …

In recent years, the rapid development of computer technologies has greatly impacted the
product development process. In the engineering area, powerful computer-based tools such …