Development of Concurrent Engineering Tool for Early Design of Mechatronics Product

This paper introduces a model-driven product development for complexity management. Today, the complexity of the mechatronics products makes it more difficult that the engineers collaborate with each other. The causes of the complexity can be categorized into three: (1) the requirement for complex function is increasing, (2) the scope of the design is becoming more widely, and (3) the combination of the line-up product is exploding because of the widely-covered product family. In order to manage and control such complexity of product and product development, this paper introduces a model-driven approach based on a product model. The product model describes three dimensions: (1) the structure of the product, (2) the function requested by the customer, and (3) the product behavior of the software.