工業設計界在構想或是設計階段中,採用電腦輔助設計(Computer-Aided Design / CAD)來縮短產品開發的時間,甚至在電腦媒材許多優於傳統媒材的特性,如:強大的運算、視覺回饋功能的應用情況下,CAD與創造力的激發也產生了關聯,尤其在造形建構時,CAD的輔助更有顯著的效益,因此,本研究即透過實驗來了解主要設計創造力關鍵的產品構想階段中,使用傳統媒材與電腦媒材對設計者的造形建構發展影響。 研究中進行了兩組的實驗,一為全程以電腦輔助來進行,另一為先以傳統媒材發想,再以電腦輔助完成設計,兩者比較分析後得到以下的現象與差異:使用傳統媒材進行設計時的視覺思考過程是較單純的;而使用電腦媒材的使用者則有大量因視覺思考而產生的修改行為。因此使用電腦媒材時出現看(seeing)、想像(imaging)、畫(drawing)建立(create)與修改(modify)四種行為的頻率比使用傳統媒材明顯且頻繁的多。再來草圖可紀錄構想發展的過程,會留下設計時的思考歷程,本研究建議CAD能加入路徑紀錄後,將可更完整保存設計者的思考過程,使設計過程中的黑箱部分能夠打開。
During conceptual or design process in Industry Design, to adapt CAD in improving development schedule, even more there are better performances of computer media than traditional media such as powerful computing, and under the use of visual feedback function. CAD and the encouraged creativeness brought connection, especially during concept construction, CAD has revealed its advantages. Therefore, we tried to understand the influence to designer on concept development if computer or traditional media is adapted, through research on concept construction process of key factor of design creativeness. 2 teams proceeds the research, one team is using CAD through out experiment, and the other one is using traditional media to work on concept and then complete it with CAD, After comparison and analysis, here is phenomenon and discrepancy described as followed: Using traditional media to proceeding visual thinking process is simpler, however using computer media produced a great deal of modify behavior directed by visual thinking process. Therefore, user of computer media were frequently prompted behaviors of seeing, imaging, drawing, create, and modify than traditional media. Furthermore sketch itself recorded development process of concept, kept thought process of design. This research suggest if path record function enable in CAD, thought process of designer could be recorded intact, the black box session of design process could be opened.