Design Catalogues - Application

Design catalogs are a collection of proven solutions for various design tasks. They are meant to give impulses for solutions or be transferred by systematically matching features and task requirements.

Design catalogs help with applying technical standard solutions to the development of new products by allowing quick and easy access to a wide range of solutions in a task-oriented way. The selection of a suitable solution is made easier by the number of features stored in the selection characteristics.

One distinguishes between

• solutions catalog (eg. physical effects)
• object catalog (eg. machine parts, standard components)
• procedures catalog (eg. procedural steps, procedures)

depending on the intended use.