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The impact of specialized software on concept generation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Julian Martinsson Bonde ,
Richard Breimann ,
Johan Malmqvist ,
Eckhard Kirchner  and
Ola Isaksson
Julian Martinsson Bonde*
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Richard Breimann
Affiliation:
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Johan Malmqvist
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Eckhard Kirchner
Affiliation:
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Ola Isaksson
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
*
julianm@chalmers.se

Abstract

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Software implementations of traditional engineering design methods can potentially enrich the original methods. A study was conducted to better understand how concept generation can be facilitated using software. Participants of the study were asked to generate concepts using either specialized software, or by using traditional means, for applying function-means modeling and morphological matrices. A concept concretization metric was used to evaluate the results, which indicated that there are both positive and negative aspects of performing concept generation using specialized software.

Keywords

design toolsearly design phasedesign space explorationsoftware toolsconceptual design

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Type
Design Methods and Tools
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 663 - 672
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