1. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems CODES : Collaborative Open Design System for Integration of Information Webs with Design and Manufacturing Tools Project Team P.F. Brown, S.K. Gupta, S. Konda, C.J. Paredis, D.P. Siewiorek, E. Subrahmanian, and S.N. Talukdar

2. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems A Design Project Select PeopleSelect Tools Organize Tools and People Carry Out Design Experience

3. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems State of The Art Time to Build Collaborative Design System is a Large Fraction of the Overall Project Time time to locate right tools time to build interfaces time to organize tools and people into teams lack of comprehensive representations lack of recorded experience project management ……

4. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Our Goal An Order of Magnitude Reduction in the Time and Effort to Compose a Collaborative Design System domain: electro-mechanical assembly design scope: synthesis, analysis, simulation, and planning tasks

5. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Presentation Outline Our View of Collaboration Description of Component Technologies Design Project/Process Management Composable Simulation Spatial Realization Intelligent Assembly Modeling and Simulation Example of Collaborative Design System Conclusions

6. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Our View of Collaboration Collaboration Among Participants tool-to-tool people-to-tool people-to-people Distributed Collaboration hetrogeneous computing environments non co-located team members Collaboration Over Time

7. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Seeker Design Project

8. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Examples of Collaboration Team Formation select people (people-to-people) initial design process model (people-to-people/ people-to-tool/distributed) select tools (people-to-tool/distributed) tool interfaces (tool-to-tool) Design tool usage (people-to-tool/tool-to-tool/distributed) notification (people-to-people/time/distributed) discussions (people-to-people/time/distributed) history capture (tool-to-tool/distributed/time)

9. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Collaboration: Reconciling Interfaces tool-to-tool collaboration Design Agents Computer Programs People engaged in design process Simulatrors Engineer Manager Optimizers... people-to-people collaboration

10. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Presentation Outline Our View of Collaboration Description of Component Technologies Design Project/Process Management Composable Simulation Spatial Realization Intelligent Assembly Modeling and Simulation Example of Collaborative Design System Conclusions

11. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Design Project/Process Management Goals Capture design process and history Create tool and experience repository Underlying Technology Information modeling system n-dim Impact Efficient project management Improved communication Ability to document experience

12. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Capabilities High Level Process Modeling Resource Management people tools Discussion Issues Management Notification Process History

13. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Team Leaders/Members Privileges

14. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems High Level Process Modeling

15. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Tool Repository

16. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Tool Repository (continued...) Comments Sample data and output References to related tools Links to related documents and demos on the web User Added Data

17. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Discussion Issues and Notification

18. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Process History

19. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Collaboration Capabilities people-to-people Collaboration Among Participants Distributed Collaboration intra-project and inter-project Collaboration Over Time hetrogeneous & non co-located

20. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Composable Simulation: SimKit Goals Rapidly create simulators for mechatronic systems electrical, mechanical and information components Approach Automatically compose simulations of individual components into product level simulations Impact Allow reuse of simulation models Significantly reduce the time to build simulators Increase fidelity of simulations

21. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Novel Features Creation of Simulation Software by Combining Individual Simulation Processes Inclusion of Information Agents in Simulation Process Provision of Distributed Environment Automatic Model Refinement

22. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems System Overview Component Models Component Models Simulation software architecture Simulation software architecture Simulation processes Simulation processes Information Agents Information Agents Linpack Odepack Matlab Dymola ACIS Conceptual Design Conceptual Design

23. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Component Models Object-Oriented Modeling Paradigm reuse of models A Library of Electromechanical Components will incorporate ADAMS or DADS Information Agents control system algorithms environment definition

24. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Conceptual Design Pitch Motor Mechanical System PID Coupling Yaw Motor Reference Yaw Pitch Control Signal Control Signal

25. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Simulation Software Architecture Analyze Conceptual Graph and Creates Simulation Processes can run in a distributed manner retrieve relevant geometric information through ACIS calls Build Simulator Architecture synchronization mechanisms communication protocols Execute Simulation

26. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems An Example Scenario Design conceptVirtual prototyping Model synthesis and refinement Automatically generate dynamic model and simulation software. Prototype refinement Dynamics Pitch motor Control Ref. Yaw motor

27. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Simulation Output

28. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Collaboration Capabilities tool-to-tool Collaboration Among Participants Distributed Collaboration N.A. Collaboration Over Time hetrogeneous

29. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Spatial Realization Goal Tool-to-tool collaboration technique for spatial realization of conceptual designs Approach Develop ways to convert tools into autonomous agents Discover rules by which autonomous agents (including humans) can collaborate effectively Impact Ability to optimize spatial layouts Improved problem solving through collaboration of agents over computer networks

30. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Asynchronous Teams on Demand Repository of Computer Based Tools Repository of Controllers Repository of Standard Representations Autonomous Agents Customized Asynchronous Team

31. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Problem Definition PARALLEL CONNECTOR A/D CONVERTER 1 A/D CONVERTER 2 VOLTAGE STABILIZER SERIAL CONNECTOR HOUSING AMPLIFIER 2 AMPLIFIER 1 CAMERA DSP MICROPROCESSOR Key: ACCESSIBILITY CONNECTIVITY SEPERATION

32. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems A-Teams Toolkit

33. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Intermediate Solutions

34. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Final Solution

35. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Tradeoffs

36. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Pareto Surface Connectivity Cost low high low high Accessibility Penalty

37. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Collaboration Capabilities tool-to-tool Collaboration Among Participants Distributed Collaboration N.A. Collaboration Over Time hetrogeneous

38. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Intelligent Assembly Modeling and Simulation: IAMS Goals Avoid physical mock-ups through simulation interference, tool accessibility, stability, ergonomics 3D interactive assembly and service instructions Approach Comprehensive assembly models Composition of individual simulation tools Impact Reduce physical prototyping Reduce design cycle time Improve agility of work force

39. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Novel Features Articulated tools and products Automatic plan completion (micro-planning) path planning tool motions Assembly process modeling workspace tools

40. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Overview Create Assembly Models Import models of individual parts Group a set of parts into assembly Add information related to material, color and features to each part Add information about joints between parts Add High Level Plans Perform Simulations Generate Assembly Instructions

41. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Example Scenario

42. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Architecture CAD Plan Visualization Simulation Control Assembly Plan Editing Interface Agents Interference Ergonomics Stability Tool Accessibility Simulation Agents Assembly Model Assembly Plan Workspace Model Data Manager Assembly Model Augmentation Assembly Planning Assembly Plan Completion Data Completion Agents

43. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Assembly Editor Part Editor Joint Editor Assembly Viewer Graph Viewer

44. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Editing A Part Material Editor Feature Editor Feature Viewer

45. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Editing A Joint Definition Articulation Information Feature Information Motor Scanner Revolute Joint

46. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems User-Interface

47. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Plan Editor

48. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Smart Tools

49. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Random Access Playbacks

50. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Collaboration Capabilities people-to-tool Collaboration Among Participants Distributed Collaboration N.A. Collaboration Over Time hetrogeneous

51. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Presentation Outline Our View of Collaboration Description of Component Technologies Design Project/Process Management Composable Simulation Spatial Realization Intelligent Assembly Modeling and Simulation Example of Collaborative Design System Conclusions

52. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Design System for Mechanical Design of Missile Seeker Used Design Project/Process Management Tool To form design team define process model select tools invoke various design tools send notifications capture history

53. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Design Process Model Conceptual Design Component Design Spatial Realization Assembly Modeling Functional Simulation Assembly Simulation SimKit Antonio MicroStation Tim A-Teams Sanjay IAMS Raj SimKit Antonio IAMS Chris

54. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems An Example Run Assembly Simulation Conceptual Design Component Design Spatial Realization Assembly Modeling Functional Simulation Component Design Spatial Realization Spatial Realization Component Design Assembly Modeling Assembly Modeling Functional Simulation Functional Simulation Assembly Simulation

55. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Presentation Outline Our View of Collaboration Description of Component Technologies Design Project/Process Management Composable Simulation Spatial Realization Intelligent Assembly Modeling and Simulation Example of Collaborative Design System Conclusions

56. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Summary Progress in 1996-1997 Study of various types of collaboration requirements Four component technologies to address collaboration needs Collaborative design environment for seeker design

57. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Lessons Learned Interface Organization People-to-peoplePeople-to-toolTool-to-tool mixed operation level of automation communication user-interface shared representation rich representations communication experience repository user - interface A-teams notification discussion mediation

58. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Plan for 1997-1998 Capture Product Structure Agent-Based Distributed Implementation of Component Technologies Web-Based Interfaces Improvements in Component Technologies Build Experimental Design System for a New Product