designing assembly instructions英文文献.pdf

Designing Effective Step-By-Step Assembly Instructions Maneesh Agrawala∗ Doantam Phan Julie Heiser John Haymaker Jeff Klingner Microsoft Research Stanford University Stanford University Stanford University Stanford University Pat Hanrahan Barbara Tversky Stanford University Stanford University Abstract We present design principles for creating effective assembly in- structions and a system that is based on these principles. The prin- ciples are drawn from cognitive psychology research which investi- gated people’s conceptual models of assembly and effective meth- ods to visually communicate assembly information. Our system is inspired by earlier work in robotics on assembly planning and in vi- 1 2 sualization on automated presentation design. Although other sys- tems have considered presentation and planning independently, we believe it is necessary to address the two problems simultaneously in order to create effective assembly instructions. We describe the algorithmic techniques used to produce assembly instructions given object geometry, orientation, and optional grouping and ordering constraints on the object’s parts. Our results demonstrate that it is possible to produce aesthetically pleasing and easy to follow in- structions for many everyday objects. 3 4 Keywords: Visualization, Assembly Instructions 1 Introduction Many everyday products, such as furniture, appliances, and toys, require assembly at home. Included with each product is a set of instructions showing ho