Method of knowledge-based engineering design of an instrument panel

A method of knowledge-based engineering design of an instrument panel in a vehicle, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

• defining a vehicle body model from a vehicle library within the knowledge-based engineering library;
• defining an input parameter for a model of the instrument panel using the knowledge-based engineering library;
• generating a model of the instrument panel using the input parameter and the vehicle body model;
• comparing the model of the instrument panel to a predetermined criteria from the knowledge-based library;
• modifying the input parameter so that the model of the instrument panel meets the predetermined initial criteria;
• defining a second parameter for the model of the instrument panel using the knowledge-based engineering library
• regenerating the model of the instrument panel using the second parameter;
• comparing the model of the instrument panel to a second predetermined criteria from the knowledge-based engineering library;
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• varying either one of the input parameter or the second parameter so that the model of the instrument panel meets the second predetermined criteria.

A method of knowledge-based engineering design of an instrument panel for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a vehicle body model for the vehicle from a knowledge-based engineering library stored in a memory of a computer system;
• defining an input parameter for a model of the instrument panel from a knowledge-based engineering library stored in a memory of a computer system;
• defining a human factors parameter of the instrument panel from a human factors library within the knowledge-based engineering library;
• generating the model of the instrument panel using the input parameter, the human factors parameter and the parametric vehicle body model;
• analyzing the model of the instrument panel using a human factors engineering method;
• comparing the analysis of the model of the instrument panel to a predetermined human factors criteria from the knowledge-based library;
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• modifying the human factors parameter so that the model of the instrument panel meets the predetermined human factors criteria.