Toward an Approach to Product Design Process Modeling and Conflict Resolution for Collaborative Virtual Environment

ABSTRACT

According to engineering and technical staffs’ requirements in inter-multidisciplinary domains collaborative product design, design process modeling method and conflict resolution algorithm are both put forward. The actual needs are deeply analyzed for multidisciplinary collaborative product design. By means of a third-party data file conversion format-.3D, a collaborative design mode and its framework structure are respectively presented based on a product sharing view model. For the design schemes of multiple users’ collaborative activities process, a conflict resolution algorithm of design requests is also implemented. Finally, based on the J2EE architecture, a lightweight virtual network environment is developed to support collaborative design process, and its application validation work is also discussed. The feasibility and effectiveness method and architecture proposed have been also testified reasonable.

Keywords:

Collaborative product design, activity process modeling, conflict resolution, lightweight virtual environment, file format interchange.