Chen, K: Mcad - Ecad Integration

Mechatronic systems encompass a wide range of disciplines and hence the development process for mechatronic system is collaborative in nature. Currently the collaborative development of mechatronic systems is inefficient because contemporary environments do not allow sufficient information flow of data across different engineering domains. Mechatronic systems need to be ed in an integrated fashion allowing ers from multiple engineering domains to receive updates regarding modifications throughout the process. In this thesis, the information exchange between mechanical and electrical domains is explored from two perspectives: conceptual perspective, in which constraint relationship between attributes of mechanical and electrical components is identified and classified based on the physical forms, functions, and behavior of the mechatronic system; system realization perspective, in which the identified constraints are modeled for propagation between MCAD and ECAD systems.