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FEA package, thus enabling the user to have a view of the analysis run. The master control program<br />

is capable of executing FEA runs in about 6 seconds; an expert designer would take about 15–20<br />

minutes to do so. This provides an indication of the time that could be saved by the effective<br />

automation of FEA tasks.<br />

Next, the results obtained from the FEA run are interpreted using an FEA result analysis knowledge<br />

base. The results obtained from any FEA run consist of a large amount of analysis-specific information,<br />

which has to be sorted intelligently before it can be passed over to a human designer or to a knowledge<br />

base. An intelligent interface performs the task of the human designer in discarding noncritical information<br />

and providing an input in an appropriate format to the downstream knowledge base unit for<br />

further processing. In conjunction with the stated design requirements specified by the user, an evaluation<br />

and modification module (as shown in Figure 1.2), aided by the evaluation knowledge base, diagnoses<br />

the filtered FEA output data, and makes a decision regarding the necessity for modification of the FEM<br />

model (i.e., geometry, FEM model attributes, design conditions, etc.). A design learner module keeps<br />

tabs on the values of all variables undergoing modification in repetitive design iterations, looks for specific<br />

patterns in their values, tries to reason these on the basis of earlier patterns, and provides input to the<br />

evaluation knowledge base for controlling the product model modification process. The design learner<br />

provides an automatic reasoning mechanism for controlling and evaluating the various design iterations.<br />

At present, the system analyzes the FEA results and provides the necessary suggestions to the users to<br />

carry out the desired design modifications. The user is then expected to interact with the initial object<br />

model in an appropriate fashion and reinitiate the design iteration process. The involvement of different<br />

symbolic tools (i.e., Concept Modeller, CLIPS) and numerical tools (i.e., I-DEAS, ANSYS and different<br />

utility programs) in the design activities of the proposed Integrated CAD/FEM system in realizing a<br />

product model is summarized in Figure 1.3.<br />

FIGURE 1.3<br />

© 2001 by CRC Press LLC<br />

Different steps associated with the creation of a product model in the Integrated CAD/FEM system.

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