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== System level design  ==
  
This is needed for AP manufacturing systems and their products ... <br>
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This sort of design involves one or more of:
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* three dimensional placement of huge amounts of standard components
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* topological interconnections
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* temporal organisation in a dynamic setting
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* IO logistics
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* emulation of physical (especially mechanical) properties
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For products it is especially relevant in the design of advanced metamaterials.
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See: [[further improvement at technology level III#List of new materials / base technologies|new materials and base technologies]]
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[Todo: explain: elasticity emulation; infinitesimal gear bearings; recycling organisation; octocube ...]
 
[Todo: explain: elasticity emulation; infinitesimal gear bearings; recycling organisation; octocube ...]
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In AP manufacturing systems it determines the mapping of the abstract assembly layers into a concrete three dimensional layout of a nanofactory.
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Today (2013) it is rather diffecult to do work on this area. Lots of questions need to be answerded.

Revision as of 15:26, 4 December 2013

Atomistic level design

This is the art of designing diamondoid molecular elements DMEs To do so there was developed a great software tool called [nanoengineer-1]

Lower bulk limit design

Bigger structures where atomic detail may matter less or which are simply not simulatable yet because of limited computation power may be designd with conventional methods of solid modelling.

A vew issues have to be thought about though:

  • Since we operate on the lowermust size level there needs to be set a minimum wall thickness that must not be deceeded
  • surfaces should be kept parallel to the main crystallographic faces such that they will not create random steps when auto-filled with virtual atoms.

[todo add links to demo collection]

System level design

This sort of design involves one or more of:

  • three dimensional placement of huge amounts of standard components
  • topological interconnections
  • temporal organisation in a dynamic setting
  • IO logistics
  • emulation of physical (especially mechanical) properties


For products it is especially relevant in the design of advanced metamaterials. See: new materials and base technologies

[Todo: explain: elasticity emulation; infinitesimal gear bearings; recycling organisation; octocube ...]


In AP manufacturing systems it determines the mapping of the abstract assembly layers into a concrete three dimensional layout of a nanofactory. Today (2013) it is rather diffecult to do work on this area. Lots of questions need to be answerded.