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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE APPLICATION OF ENHANCED FUNCTION-MEANS MODELLING

Part of: Design Innovation, Information and Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

J. R. Müller ,
M. D. I. Siiskonen  and
J. Malmqvist
J. R. Müller*
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
M. D. I. Siiskonen
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
J. Malmqvist
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
*
*jakob.muller@chalmers.se

Abstract

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Although well researched and praised in academic publications, function modelling (FM) does not have gained much traction in industrial application. To investigate into possible reasons for this, this publication researches literature of nine different projects where enhanced function-means modelling has been applied. The projects are analysed for their purpose of FM-use, applied benefits and discovered challenges of the FM approach. From this, the main challenges for FM application are the abstraction level of the modelling language as well as the lack of an interface to CAD modelling.

Keywords

functional modellingengineering designconcurrent engineering (CE)design knowledgeconceptual design

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 1325 - 1334
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