The point of main emphasis of this paper is a structured, systematic process for the product development of automotive seating surfaces. This process integrates virtual and physical process segments into an optimized overall process. During the last years seats for several car projects could be developed in short time with impressive qualities. The main cause for this success is not only the application of state-of-the-art virtual tools but the conscious integration of these tools in the product development process. This integration led to an innovation of the product development process. Many important process steps that deal with physical representations of the seating systems could be shortened and the certainty to achieve satisfactory results and simultaneously the 'planability' of the processes could be greatly enhanced. The presented process consequently limits the development costs, enhances flexibility, reduces reaction times, and allows early predictions concerning function, comfort, and ergonomics issues. In further process innovation steps the remaining obstacles in the virtual process chain will be addressed and the interchange between virtual and physical models will be intensified.


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    Title :

    Virtual and physical development of car seat surfaces


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 12 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English




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