An Application of Enhanced Knowledge-Based Design in Automotive Seat Development

Management of product complexity in virtual development establishes as an important challenge that has to be considered to ensure efficient product creation. The main goal is to provide a virtual environment, which allows the simultaneous definition, representation, verification and alignment of involved components. As a key aspect of the present publication, an integrated approach based on a novel configuration of a design-related master model that connects different development disciplines is introduced. Several methods are integrated to this approach and support a continuous efficient development even in early phases. The paper completes with an exemplary application in automotive seat development, representative as one of the complex disciplines in automotive engineering.