Stude of Computer Aided Design and Simulation Importance in the Conception and Development Phases of a Product

Abstract: The paper presents the importance of computer aided design and simulation in the management of conception phases of a product. In the design process of an industrial product, the analysis and identification of the requirements, the search for solutions, the analysis and comparison of different variants are very important, mostly in the early design phases, when a product needs clarification, understanding of the concept, embodiment design, finding it’s place on a concurrential market etc. The whole course and main characteristics of the resulted product development project are guided by these tasks. The work and costs for design changes increase during the progress of a product development project, but in the concept phase when the decisions for the solutions are taken, are much lower. In order to make decisions between different solution variants in an early stage of a project, it is necessary to have access to relevant informations about the viable solutions. To find these solutions and especially to create the informations (knowledge) there are useful to apply CAD/CAM/FEM technique