ABSTRACT
Conventional Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems have dramatically reduced the workload of the human designer and reduced the duration of the product design cycle. However, the magnitude of effort and volume of information required to use these tools limit their application in various product design activities. Intelligent Computer-Aided Design (ICAD) techniques have been sought to assist in the development of Integrated Product Design (IPD) systems, thus providing a more ‘‘complete’’ design tool to assist the designer in all phases of the product design.
