Knowledge Base Engineering
Need:
The need to capture, manage, and utilize design
knowledge and automate processes unique to a
manufacturer's product development experience
has led to the development of knowledge-based
engineering (KBE) technology. The purpose of
KBE is to provide a specialized design environment
to the users for capturing intents. The goal
of KBE technology is to provide design organizations
with a high-level programming environment for
capturing and infusing this valuable knowledge
into its product design processes and to engineer
and manufacture products with more consistent
product quality and increased production efficiencies
KBE helps in reduction in design time, eliminates
checking, captures product knowledge and allows
companies to customize more and more products,
with shorter lead times, and increased market
share and revenues.
Strategic benefits:
More companies are turning to KBE systems to
help them respond to worldwide competitive pressures.
With CAD systems, people define part geometry
and document the result of the design process
with annotated drawings. KBE systems complement
CAD systems by adding the engineering knowledge
that drives the product design process. They
also produce other information besides drawings
such as Bills of Material, cost analysis, process
plans, MRP inputs and user-defined reports.
Companies can use CAD systems as either the
front-end to supply geometric constraints or
other user specifications to a KBE system or
as a back-end for detailing, documentation.
KBE Expertise:
- Strong engineering background
- necessary to grasp client's engineering knowledge
base.
- Strong in-house software resources
- Assured confidentiality (important
for client's proprietary designs and applications)
- Quality documentation to ensure
modifiability of software
- Ability to train and coach
the client firm on KBE
Automated Design and Detailing
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Extencore creates complete design and detailing
applications customized as per client's engineering
environment and based on the client's human
and enterprise knowledge-base.
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This enables clients to create the complete
design and the related drawings based on design
inputs using Graphical User Interfaces, spreadsheets,
etc. This leads to an overall time saving of
over 70% for a new design.
