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To realize knowledge intensive CAD systems, it is necessary to provide a facility with which various types of design knowledge in different forms are organized so as to work together. Visualization is one of the most effective methods to achieve this capability. This paper proposes a framework of intelligent CAD based on design knowledge visualization. The proposed framework is composed of three steps: (1) visualizing knowledge utilization, (2) visualizing knowledge organization, and (3) acquiring knowledge from visual information. To integrate the above steps, we propose putting focus on navigational knowledge and develop the framework. To show the validity of the proposed framework, three visual tools are investigated and employed to massage navigational design knowledge. Applications of a visual knowledge organization tool (DT) and a visual programming tool (VIP) show that knowledge visualization greatly improves the productivity and maintenability of navigational knowledge. Application of a spatial parsing tool shows the possibility of automatic knowledge extraction from existing design data, which may lead to the elimination of knowledge acquisition bottleneck in future.
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Maeda, Y., Koseki, Y., Koike, Y., Tanaka, M. (1996). Design Knowledge Organization and Acquisition Through Visual Representation. In: Tomiyama, T., Mäntylä, M., Finger, S. (eds) Knowledge Intensive CAD. KIC 1995. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34930-5_18
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