Design rationale representation approach based on intent-driven ontology and MBD model in design change

Abstract

Aiming at the problem that the design rationale (DR) in design change has a wide range of sources and various forms, which makes designers difficult to reuse them, this paper proposes a DR representation approach for design change. Firstly, the overall three-layer structure of the approach is introduced; Use OWL to express the concepts related to the designer and product model in design change, and use SWRL and SQWRL to mine and extract useful DR information; A DR representation tool is developed based on CAD software to export the low semantic level information to the ontology as well as import the high semantic level information back to the Model Based Definition (MBD) model. The approach combines the expressing ability of ontology and visuality of 3D annotation to capture, represent and reuse DR information, which promotes the design change under the MBD environment. Finally, a stamping part is taken as an example, and designers can refer to the experience of the predecessors related to the changed parameter through using the tool.