Joining Constraint Satisfaction Problems and Configurable CAD Product Models: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide

In configuration design, the task is to compose a system out of set predefined, modu-lar building blocks assembled by defined interfaces. Product systems, both with or without integration geometric models, implement reasoning techniques model and explore resulting solution spaces. Among others, formulation constraint satisfaction problems (CSP) state art informational background in many proprietary engine software packages. Basically, design tasks can also be implemented modern computer aided (CAD) systems as these contain different for knowledge-based product modeling but literature reports only little about detailed application examples, best practices training materials. This article aims at bridging this gap presents step-by-step implementation guide CSP-based CAD configurators combinatorial designs example Autodesk Inventor.