Composite Layout for Dynamic PLM Tool Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Product Data Management (PDM) systems lack the ability to efficiently combine and dynamically adjust layouts of multiple tools within a display, limiting user interaction and decision-making capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow users to dynamically adjust the layout of multiple Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools within a content area based on their location on a grid, enabling the creation of composite layouts and linking tools to share context, thereby enhancing user interaction and information access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple tools are combined in a PDM system, then user interaction and decision-making capabilities are enhanced, but the layout complexity and difficulty of managing multiple tools increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is divided into a grid system with multiple zones, allowing each tool to be placed in specific grid cells. This segmentation enables independent positioning and sizing of each tool while maintaining overall layout organization, resolving the complexity issue when combining multiple tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The layout system dynamically adjusts tool positions, sizes, and configurations based on user actions, grid location, and available space. Tools can be freely added, removed, and repositioned, with the layout automatically reconfiguring to maintain optimal arrangement, thereby enhancing adaptability without permanently increasing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If tools are dynamically adjusted based on grid location, then layout adaptability is improved, but the computational complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes a grid structure with defined zones and placement rules before tools are added. This preliminary framework enables rapid determination of tool positions and sizes based on simple grid cell identification, avoiding complex real-time calculations and reducing processing time while maintaining high layout adaptability.
3Loss of information
If tools are linked to share context, then information access and cross-disciplinary interaction are improved, but the system complexity and data management requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The linking mechanism uses a universal context-sharing framework that works across different tool types and disciplines. Each tool can establish contextual links with others through standardized interfaces, enabling information sharing without requiring discipline-specific complex data management systems, thus improving information access while controlling system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Various disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media for combining input tools into a composite layout. A method includes receiving a first tool in a content area of a display, and dynamically adjusting a layout that includes first content associated with the first tool based on a location on a grid associated with the content area into which the first tool is received. The method may include receiving additional tools in the content area, dynamically adjusting the layout based on content associated with the additionally received tools and on a location on the grid associated with the content area into which each of the additional tools is received, and linking two or more tools to form linked tools configured to share context.