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During the last two decades, many breakthroughs occurred in the development of CAD systems. However, some design activities are not yet successfully supported by CAD systems. This is especially true for the conceptual phase of industrial design. In this part of the process, synthesis and creativity play an important role. Computer-aided Conceptual Design (CACD) systems are supposed to provide natural forms of expressing design intent. The creative power of the designer must not be hindered by difficult interaction procedures. Therefore, the designer’s natural way of communication must be the starting point for the interaction. Highly interactive system interfaces have to fulfil new requirements. A survey of requirements was composed from literature. In addition, a series of conceptualisation cases provided empirical data on interaction problems during conceptual design. The identified problems could be related to a number of requirements from the literature. Furthermore, additional requirements could be derived from the cases. The total set of requirements will be evaluated on several levels of abstraction, and implemented in a support system for the conceptual design of shape.
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Wiegers, T., Horváth, I., Vergeest, J.S.M., Opiyo, E.Z., Kuczogi, G. (1999). Requirements for highly interactive system interfaces to support conceptual design. In: Kals, H., van Houten, F. (eds) Integration of Process Knowledge into Design Support Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1901-8_4
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