Techniques for generating comprehensive information models for automobile designs

One or more non-transitory computer readable media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to design automobiles by performing the steps of:

• determining a first parameter value associated with a first parameter of a first instance of a first parameterized automobile component;
• computing a second parameter value associated with a second parameter of a second instance of a second parameterized automobile component based on a structural relationship between the first parameter of the first instance and the second parameter of the second instance;
• generating a computer-aided design (CAD) geometry model for an automobile based on the first parameter value, the second parameter value, and an automobile information model organizing the first parameterized automobile component and the second parameterized automobile component in a hierarchical design structure based on the structural relationship and one or more functional relationships between behaviors of the first instance and behaviors of the second instance;
• modifying an item included in the automobile information model;
• automatically propagating the modification throughout the CAD geometry model to generate a modified CAD geometry model;
• and
• in response to generating the modified CAD geometry model, executing a functional simulation on a first simulation mesh in order to regenerate the one or more functional relationships between the behaviors of the first instance and the behaviors of the second instance.

A system, comprising:

• one or more memories storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors that are coupled to the one or more memories and, when executing the instructions, are configured to:
• determine a first parameter value associated with a first parameter of a first instance of a first parameterized automobile component;
• compute a second parameter value associated with a second parameter of a second instance of a second parameterized automobile component based on a structural relationship between the first parameter of the first instance and the second parameter of the second instance;
• generate a computer-aided design (CAD) geometry model for an automobile based on the first parameter value, the second parameter value, and an automobile information model organizing the first parameterized automobile component and the second parameterized automobile component in a hierarchical design structure based on the structural relationship and one or more functional relationships between behaviors of the first instance and behaviors of the second instance;
• modify an item included in the automobile information model;
• automatically propagate the modification throughout the CAD geometry model to generate a modified CAD geometry model;
• and
• in response to generating the modified CAD geometry model, executing a functional simulation on a first simulation mesh in order to regenerate the one or more functional relationships between the behaviors of the first instance and the behaviors of the second instance.