DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROCEDURE FOR CAR STYLE DESIGN

The generation of curvilinear forms in product design is a very complicated activity. The purpose of this research is to develop a computer-assisted design procedure for the car style design to explore an efficient way in dealing with curvilinear surface products. During the development process, the Le Corbusier Modulus in form principles is applied to design the component forms. The weighted average method is used to determine a visual centre for the product form. Semantic differential adjectives and nouns are identified to link the users' requirements with the design style, and the B-spline curve and surface method, with the assistance of Alias software, are applied to build a rendering representation of the car style. The results indicate that the developed procedure provides designers with an integrated approach to design irregular product forms more efficiently. (A)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Inderscience Enterprises Limited

  World Trade Center Building, 110 Avenue Louis Casai
  Geneva,   Switzerland 
• Authors:
  • LIN, M-C
  • YAN, I-H
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 289-306
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Design; Development; Vehicle components
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 1354: Components of the vehicle; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development
• Subject Areas: Design; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00981256
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 3 2004 12:00AM