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Knowledge, Graphs & 3D CAD SystemsKnowledge, Graphs & 3D CAD SystemsDavid Bigelow - Simplified Logic, Inc.David Bigelow - Simplified Logic, Inc.

Graphs

Image Source: neosigma.herokuapp.com Example: neo4j & sigma.js

Relationships are Cool...(But, are hard to get your head around)

Image Source: Max DeMarzi

Visualization HAS gotten better...(for simple cases)

But still has a LOOOOOONG way to go...(Huh?! Is this useful to the average person who is not a social or criminal scientist!?)

Image Source: gephi.org

Most Visualization looks exclusively in the PAST!(The future starts by staring into the rear-view mirror?!)

Closeness of Data Points?

Clustering?Connection Counts?

Overall Ranking?

Correlation?

Causation?

Trending?

Where used? Degree of Centrality?

Historical Data drives future decisions,

policies, and agendas!

BUT, it is typically

not actionable

in a timely

manner.(The “Big Data” Problem!?)

History is important!(ok... duh!)

character credit: SouthPark.com - “underwear gnomes”

There has been an extreme focus oncollecting and controlling data...

(ummm.... “Phase 2” is like really important!)

You want to do amazing things?!

Figure out that “Phase 2” part out! (quickly)

graphic credit: SouthPark.com - “underwear gnomes”

3D CAD Systems

CAD Systems and Types(user-centric approach to execution)

Wireframe Surfaces Solids

Parametric

Modelers

10mm17mm

Variational

Modelers

DirectModeler

s

(pull)

Parametric Systems (hierarchical relationships)

ProductData ManagerDrawings

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Parts

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Assemblies

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B

C

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Z

D

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F A

C

B

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E

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X

FilesPointers & Relationships

Feature Relationships

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T

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Bu

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Parent

Child

Part Features & Operations

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Part Features & Operations

Structuraland / or

GeometricDependent

Relationships

Relationships

NOTE: This is Painful for Users!

Multiple Paths / Frustrationsto the SAME Geometric

Results!

Part Design Automation(graphs can help navigate data, but not great for automating)

Feature Instructions are typically defined to a

smallreference.

The Resulting Geometry often is more complicated

than the instructions used to create it.

S4

S5

S2S1

S3

S6

Sub-Geometry Relationships(Solid / Volume = Closed Loop Relationships)

(Surfaces & Edges)

e3 e1

e2

e4

e5

e5

e6

e6

e7

e8

e9

e9

e10

e10

e11e12

e7

e8

e12=3D Cube

Graph-Based Extraction(Define Boundary Conditions and Seed Reference)

Boundary

Boundary

Seed

ExtractedGeometry

A

B

C

A

Z

D

E

F

Assemblies

Parts

Feature

User-Specific Approach

Item Choices...Mated To,

Aligned To,Selected References,

etc...

Assembly Relationships(business logic IN the CAD system!)

NOTE: This is Painful for Users!

ALSO - Painful for Corporation(data management!)

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B

C

A

Z

D

E

F

Component “C”w/ Assembly

References to Assembly “E”

and Sub-Component “B”

Sub-Assembly “F”Assembled to

Component “C”

Assembly Relationships

NOTE: ALL relationships must be understood by the product

data management system!

THIS is a BIG PROBLEM!

EXPENSIVE, COMPLEX & PROPRIETARYData Management Systems

Multiple Use-Cases for theSAME DATA

(Manufacturing, Vendors, Customer, Publishing, ERP, etc.)

Sharing & Using Informationwith others is PAINFUL!

Embedded CAD Relationships

A

C

A

Z

D

E

F

B

Breaking those Internal

Relationships NOT

this easy...

A

C

AZ

D

E

F

B

Result:YEARS of bad

decisions persist!

Autonomy is CRUCIAL!

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Q

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T

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Bu

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Un-Avoidable(user / user pain)

Part Design

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B

C

A

Z

D

E

F

Typical(user / user / corp pain)

Assembly Design

A

B

C

A

Z

D

E

F

Well-Planned(flexible / enforceable)

Assembly Design

Design Alternatives?!

Product Design

A1 A2 A3 A4

B1 B2

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

E1 E2 E3

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

A1 A2 A3 A4

Z1 Z2

Design Alternatives

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B

C

A

Z

D

E

F

“Choices” are a Problem...(Should you just let anyone put anything together?!)

Image Source: The Matrix Reloaded

Just because you can...

Doesn’t mean you SHOULD!

Graphs &Business Logic

Imagine youproduce this...

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Product Data Managers“manage” the Data...

But this is NOT how it should be used.

A Decision Framework!

What is missing?

This is a “Decision Framework”

3-Ring Binders!Excel Worksheets!

+

BUT... NOT VERY USEFUL!

Human “mobility” is a BIG problem...

Typically, the “data” stays...(PDM, PLM, Excel Worksheets, Paper Notebooks, etc.)

I am out’a here!Promo!

The “new people” in a job are a huge variable...

Newbie!

(aggressiveness, competence, courage, communication skills, real-world experience vs. book smarts, etc...)

Internal Memos

Warranty Info

Test Data

source: ibm.com

source: spacesaver.com

Design Standards

Customer Feedback

Competitive Analysis

Product Design & Configuration KnowledgeComes from MANY Sources

Different Sources, Different Databases, Different Users, Different Applications, Different Use Cases, Different Customers, Different Needs, Different Life Cycles, Different Security, Different Sources, Different Databases, Different Users, Different Applications, Different Use Cases, Different Customers, Different Needs, Different Life Cycles, Different Security, Different Sources, Different

This is where most I.T. Departmentsseriously struggle!

Let Purpose-Built Solutions Work!

You can build an amazing Decision Framework from this...But, information arrives and changes at different times...

Your NEW“Decision Structure”

Your NEW“Decision Structure”

Services

Services

Services Services

Services

The Graph does NOT need “everything”...Connect them via “services” to...

“Translate”, “Relate” and “Guide” the Business Process!

Different Roles- Engineering

- Manufacturing- Purchasing- Customer- Partners-Vendor

- etc.

Different Targets- Region- Market- Cost

- Market- Application

- etc.

Interfaces! Role-SpecificDecision

Structures- Engineering

- Manufacturing- Purchasing- Customer- Partners- Vendor

- etc.

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Engineering Customers

Partners

VendorsApp Support

Manufacturing

DEMO

IndustryOpportunities...

A lot of companies are sold a “vision”

“Heeeey....Just put

everything in a single bucket!”

The Core Problem...

Customers Expect... Vendors Supply...

A small piece of advice... ALWAYS ASK:“Who” is the cutter and “who” is the dough?!

CRAP!CRAP!

Welcome to the NEW Variable...

THANK YOU!

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David Bigelow, PresidentSimplified Logic, Inc.

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