Paper Info
Title
Collaborative Design Tools: A Comparison Between Free Software And Plm Solutions In Engineering Education
Abstract
The shift from sequential to concurrent engineering has led to changes in the way design projects are managed. In order to assist designers, many effective tools have been developed to support collaborative engineering, whose implementation is perceived as complex. Nowadays, industrial scenarios encourage companies to adopt PLM solutions, even if, sometimes, they can't understand the benefits. On the other hand, many free solutions with comparable functionalities are developed, which have been increasingly successful.In this article, we test different associations of software to make a comparison between free software and market solutions. In this experiment, 24 students in a Master's Degree course aimed to design mechanical products by using software to assist collaborative distributed design, using two different configurations. This experiment allowed us to compare design functionalities between free and commercial solutions, in order to determine ways to improve efficiency in a collaborative distributed design situation. Finally, the feedback generated in this experiment allowed us to adapt training practices in engineering education.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-35758-9_49
PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT: TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE-RICH ENTERPRISES (PLM 2012)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Engineering education, PLM, communication, free software
Collaborative engineering,Collaborative design,Computer-aided engineering,Software engineering,Concurrent engineering,Engineering education,Software,Engineering
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
388
1868-4238
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.54
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nicolas Maranzana193.80
Frédéric Segonds2134.90
Frédéric Lesage37015.51
Julien Nelson4224.41