DESIGN AUTOMATION WORKSHOP

DRM Associates

1. DESIGN AUTOMATION INTRODUCTION

• Design Automation Overview
• Architecture and Framework

2. PRODUCT MODELS

• Evolution to Digital Product Data
• Benefits
• Issues in Moving Away from Paper-Based Product Data
• Methods for Geometric Modeling
• Standards for Geometric Product Data - IGES and STEP Overview
• Standards for Electronics Product Data
• Electronic Interchange

3. MECHANICAL CAD

• Concept Modeling
• Geometric Modeling - Wireframe, Surface, & Solids
• Parametric, Variational, and Hybrid Modeling: Issues and Advantages
• Features-Based Design
• Mechanism Design
• Electronic Mock-up/Digital Pre-Assembly
• Rendering and Visualization
• Suppliers and Competitive Analysis
• Future Trends and Directions

4. ANALYSIS & SIMULATION

• Moving Towards Analysis-Driven Design
• Mathematical Abstractions for Analysis
• Choosing the Right Analysis and Simulation Tools
• Analysis Requirements and Risks
• Model Preparation and Refinement
• Finite Element Analysis
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Validation of Models
• Optimization
• Issues, Trends and Future Directions

5. ELECTRICAL CAD

• Traditional Approaches
  • Schematic Capture
  • Layout and Routing
• Challenges in the Age of Complexity
• Top-Down Design
  • Hardware Description Languages
  • Simulation
  • Synthesis
  • Layout and Routing
  • Fault Simulation
• Frameworks and Tool Integration
• Issues, Trends and Future Directions

6. COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION AND TESTING

• Integrating Design and Manufacturing
• Rapid Prototyping
• From the Workstation to the Shop Floor: CAM Technologies
• Tool Design
• Computer-Aided Process Planning
• Computer-Aided Inspection
• Computer-Aided Testing
• Issues, Trends and Future Directions

7. PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT

• Definitions: PDM and EDM
• The Need and the Solution
• Key Elements of PDM
  • Data Relationships and Dependencies
  • Data Control, Vaults and Archiving
  • Access Control and Security
  • Database Model
  • Topology - Distributed vs. Centralized
  • Communications and Networking
  • Workflow and Project Management
  • Release and Approval - Electronics Signatures
  • View and Mark-up
  • Engineering Changes and Versioning
  • Interfaces to Other Systems
• Suppliers and Competitive Analysis
• Future Trends and Directions

8. KNOWLEDGE-BASED ENGINEERING

• Evolution Toward Knowledge-Based Engineering
  • Component Libraries & Re-use
  • Parametric & Variational Design
  • Embedded Design Rules
• Knowledge-Based Engineering Systems Overview
• Issues, Trends and Future Directions

9. SYSTEM PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

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