Steering a 3d-product by selecting functional requirements from an offer database

A method of steering a 3D-product by selecting functional requirements from an offer database, the method comprising:

• A) accessing the offer database and selecting a configurable functional product platform;
• B) selecting a plurality of functional requirements from the offer database to pre-configure the configurable functional product platform to provide a pre-configured functional product platform;
• C) accessing a product functions database and activating functions corresponding to the selected plurality of functional requirements;
• D) deriving, from the pre-configured functional product platform, a configured functional product specification, additionally activating a number of mandatory functions stored in the product functions database in dependency on the activated functions of step C);
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• E) accessing a physical product feature database, comprising a configurable physical product feature structure;
• F) configuring said physical product feature structure by selecting physical product features corresponding to the configured functional product specification;
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• G) accessing a 3D-model parametric database, comprising 3D-parametric models corresponding to the physical product features of the configurable physical product feature structure;
• H) synthesizing a 3D-product from the 3D-parametric models within a 3D-space being pre-determined by the configurable functional product platform, said 3D-product comprising all physical product features of the configured physical product feature structure;
• and,
• I) steering the 3D-product by automatically altering at least one design parameter of the 3D-product, until the 3D-product meets the configured functional product specification within said 3D-space.