Robust and Adapable

Overview > Robust and Adaptable

Effective technology and authoring tools need to support varying Design Practices and Evolution of Technology.

Although industry has historically weeded out less capable tools, software OEMs still bring less than capable products to market. It is the time between the introduction of the tool and either its success or demise that a consumer may realize benefits or trouble.

The effective technology tool cannot dictate process or methods. Instead, it needs to address global capability, inevitable user customization, and business model flexibility.

Consider two of the approaches used in design today.

In the first case, independent electromechanical and mechanical design tasks are initiated with check points along the way to ensure reliability, manufacturability, and assembleability. At each step, configurations and attributes are coordinated from the "Bottom Up" until the product definition is complete.

In the next case, an Engineer defines all electromechanical, mechanical, and inter-discipline requirements from one environment, or from the "Top Down" and dispatches the design intent to the individual authoring tools.