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CAD Modification Techniques for Design Reviews on Heterogeneous Interactive Systems

Abstract

Industrial design reviews benefit from emerging interactive technologies to become more Realistic, Immersive and Collaborative. However, the modification of design data is still managed in traditional workspace–Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems on a workstation. As only engineers can apply modifications in such a workspace after the design review meeting, miscommunication between various experts could occur, resulting in unnecessary iterations. I argue that current processes of design reviews–design discussion and design adjustment– should merge. It could reduce the iterations, facilitate discussions and empower non-CAD experts to modify CAD data. In this dissertation, I started by interviewing engineers at an automotive industry and drew a new design review scenario in which project members can generate and compare several design alternatives in heterogeneous systems that can support needs from various experts. Based on the scenario, I firstly designed a VR-CAD system that can update the native format of CAD data in highly configurable interactive systems. I then explored interaction techniques for non-CAD experts to modify parametric CAD data with 3D and 2D interactive systems: a CAVE system and a wall-sized display. For the CAVE system, I created ShapeGuide, which allows users to generate and switch design alternatives of CAD data with a shape-based 3D interaction. I investigated how ShapeGuide affects a CAD data modification task compared to a standard one-dimensional scroll for parameter manipulation. Results showed that ShapeGuide was faster, more efficient and preferred by the users than the scroll technique. For the wall-sized display, I created ShapeCompare, which allows users to generate and distribute multiple design alternatives of CAD data using touch interaction. I investigated how ShapeCompare affects the collaboration among experts compared to a visualization technique suitable for standard screens. Results showed that pairs of participants performed a constraint solving task faster and used more deictic instructions with Shape- Compare. The presented findings for new design review practices using immersive systems and a wallsized display, allowing direct modification of the original CAD data by all project members regardless of their CAD expertise.

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