The Conceptual Design Project Geometric and Intelligent Computing Laboratory Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Overview

Conceptual Understanding and Prototyping (CUP) is a tool designed to allow engineers to conceptually sketch in three dimensions an idea for a product design. The conceptual design phase of a product's lifecycle is very important in determining its overall cost, yet there are currently no software tools to aid engineers during this phase of development.

Our goal is to design and implement a tool for this purpose which will allow users to three-dimensionally "sketch" their concept, with the ability to "tag" the attributes and links of the objects in their sketch. The tool is called CUP, for "Conceptual Understanding and Prototyping", and this is our research plan...

Site Structure

• Home
• Project Background
• Context
• Original Versions
• Current Status
• Version 2
• Functionality
• Research Thrusts
• Sample Use of Tool
• Future Goals
• System Requirements
• Wrap-up and Credits