Presidential Young Investigator Award: Function, Form, and Fabrication Relationships in Design

总统青年研究员奖：设计中的功能、形式和制造关系

• 批准号: 8451619
• 负责人: James Rinderle
• 金额: $ 18.75万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1985
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1985-09-01 至 1989-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8451619&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Presidential; Young; Investigator; Award; Function

A design can be described in a number of different contexts or languages. Typically, an engineer describes a product in terms of a set of performance specifications and constraints. These constitute a functional description of the product. The mechanical designer or draftsman uses a set of drawings to describe the form of the product. The manufacturing engineer uses a process sheet to describe the product in terms of the means for fabrication. The design task is to specify a form of the product to best satisfy constraints or objectives on function and fabrication. The relationships among function, form, and fabrication are studied. These relationships are the basis for design decisions and are essential when considering design scaling, design modifications to accommodate restrictions on materials, machinery, or tooling or in the consideration of standards and tolerancing. Currently, these relationships are poorly understood. Without a better understanding, designers will continue to use empiricism and heuristics to design.

设计可以用许多不同的上下文或语言来描述。通常，工程师根据一组性能规格和约束描述产品。这些构成了产品的功能描述。机械设计师或绘图员用一套图纸来描述产品的形状。制造工程师使用工艺表根据制造方法来描述产品。设计任务是指定产品的一种形式，以最好地满足功能和制造方面的约束或目标。研究了功能、形式和制作之间的关系。这些关系是设计决策的基础，在考虑设计缩放、设计修改以适应材料、机械或工具的限制或考虑标准和公差时至关重要。目前，人们对这些关系知之甚少。如果没有更好的理解，设计师将继续使用经验主义和启发式来设计。