Concept Design vs Detailed Design
In industries, there is a large difference in conceptual and detailed designing. Both however are important for any company that is producing items in competition with other companies as concept designing helps them to check feasibility of an idea that is in the minds of a designer. Detailed designing is the final procedure that takes place before a product that has been chosen for production and minor details are taken care of so that the product faces no problems when it goes in the production line. During the product development process, the engineering services team will likely be dealing with both conceptual designs and detail designs. Understanding the difference between the two, and what their role is in the product design process, is critical to the success of bringing any product idea to life.
Concept Design
1, Concept design is the first true design stage. It is the creative response to the project brief for the preferred option.
2, It serves to provide a description of the proposed product, in terms of a set of integrated ideas and concepts about what it should do, behave and look like in a way that is understandable for users
3, Concept design may begin with the creative ideas of a single individual, it is an increasingly collaborative process that involves a team of designers and advisers coming together, discussing options, opportunities and constraints, and then separating to carry out more detailed assessment.
4, It is the design of interactions, experiences, processes and strategies and is the point at which people, knowledge, products, services, processes, and profitability meet vision and endless possibilities, each acting as a distinct color on the canvass of the designer.
5, During the concept Stage , the consultant team will develop
The design concept.
Outline specifications.
Schedules of accommodation.
A planning strategy.
The cost plan.
Procurement options.
Programme and phasing strategy.
Buildability and construction logistics.
Constraints and opportunities
Detail Design
1, Detailed design (sometimes referred to as design development or detailed design and technical design) takes on and develops the approved concept design.
2, Detailed design is the phase where the design is refined and plans, specifications and estimates are created.
3, Detailed design involves input from specialist designers. These may; be contractors or suppliers appointed in the first instance to carry out design and subsequently to carry out the works on site or to supply goods or services, or appointed by the client to carry out design and then perhaps to monitor works on site, or sub-consultants to a member of the consultant team.
4, Detailed design is such a fundamental necessity to manufacturers that it exists at the intersection of many product development processes.
5, At the end of the design development , the design will include
Overall layout.
Operational flows.
Horizontal and vertical circulation routes.
Schedules of accommodation.
Identification of standard and non-standard room layouts.
Building dimensions and gridlines.
Architectural plans sections and elevations of buildings, parts of buildings and components.
Outline specification including schedules of components.
Elements of design that require specialist input or early choice of manufacturer.
Key assemblies, component drawings and schedules..
Structural plans sections, elevations and specifications.
Building services plans, sections and elevations.
Definition of phases if the project is to be phased.
Acoustic separation and acoustic conditions.
Detailed cost plan showing the capital and lifecycle costs for all the components.
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