PT Book AU Scherer, A Schlageter, G Schultheiss, R Schulze Schwering, WP TI RODIN: Connectionist Techniques in a CAD-System SE Informatik-Berichte PY 1994 VL 156 PU FernUniversität in Hagen WP https://ub-deposit.fernuni-hagen.de/receive/mir_mods_00001111 LA en AB In future CAD systems the reuse of already existing design objects becomes a key functionality. Typically, in many design domains solutions for new problems are derived from successful cases. Thus, time consuming and expensive design development from scratch needs not to be done. The paper presents RODIN, a connectionist application supporting the reuse of manufacturing information for CAD objects. In RODIN two different problems in reusing of design objects are studied. At first, we present our work how to retrieve appropriate reference cases from a database. In the retrieval process multiple attributes are taken into account. Secondly, we show how information between structurally similar designs can be exchanged. The transformation step is performed by backprop nets. The work of the designer is supported by relieving him/her of routine matters. As a consequence both the time-to-market and the quality of the products are optimized. PI Hagen ER