Authors:
Vassilios Golfinopoulos
1
;
Vassilios Stathopoulos
2
;
George Miaoulis
2
and
Dimitri Plemenos
3
Affiliations:
1
Laboratoire Méthodes et Structures Informatiques – MSI, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Limoges; Technological Education Institute of Athens, Greece
;
2
Technological Education Institute of Athens, Greece
;
3
Laboratoire Méthodes et Structures Informatiques – MSI, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Limoges, France
Keyword(s):
Declarative Modeling, Knowledge-Based Systems, Reverse Design, Computer-Aided Design.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Verification and Validation of Knowledge-Based Systems
Abstract:
Declarative modeling allows the designer to describe a scene without the need to define the geometric properties. The MultiCAD architecture implements the declarative forward design, accepting a declarative description and generating a set of geometric solutions that meet the description. The aim of the presented work is to settle the reverse design process through the RS-MultiCAD component, a knowledge-based system, in order to extend MultiCAD declarative conception cycle to an automated iterative process. The RS-MultiCAD receives a selected geometric solution, which is semantically understood, permits the designer to perform geometric and topological modifications on the scene, and results a declarative description which embodies the designer modifications. That declarative description leads to more promising solutions by reducing the initial solution space.