Processing free form objects within a Product Development Process framework

Bianca Falcidieno (1) , Franca Giannini (2) , Jean-Claude Léon (3) , Jean-Philippe Pernot (4)

1 Istituto per la Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche di Genova
2 IMATI-CNR - Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche
3 IMAGINE - Intuitive Modeling and Animation for Interactive Graphics & Narrative Environments
4 LSIS - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes

Creativity is the generation of new ideas, by proposing new ways of looking at existing problems, seeing new opportunities or by exploiting emerging technologies or changes in markets. Innovation is the successful exploitation of new ideas. Design is what links creativity and innovation. The purpose of the chapter is then to review: 1) the stages of a PDP (Product Development Process) where free-form shapes appear and are subjected to aesthetic and functional requirements; 2) the modeling, sketching and modification activities illustrating how free-form surfaces can be processed and what are the corresponding difficulties faced during these tasks; 3) the contributions of our community to solve some of these issues and the problems which are still open.

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]

Bianca Falcidieno, Franca Giannini, Jean-Claude Léon, Jean-Philippe Pernot. Processing free form objects within a Product Development Process framework. John Michopoulos and David Rosen and Chris Paredis and Judy Vance. Advances in Computers and Information in Engineering Research, ASME, 2014. ⟨hal-00922950v1⟩