Real-time simultaneous multi-user (RSM) computer-aided design (CAD) is currently a major area of research and industry interest due to its potential to reduce design lead times and improve design quality through enhanced collaboration. Minecraft, a popular multi-player online game in which players use blocks to design structures, is of academic interest as a natural experiment in collaborative 3D design of very complex structures. Virtual teams of up to forty simultaneous designers have created city-scale models with total design times in the thousands of hours. Using observation and a survey of Minecraft users, we offer insights into how virtual design teams might effectively build, communicate, and manage projects in an RSM CAD design environment. The results suggest that RSM CAD will be useful and practical in an engineering setting with several simultaneous contributors. We also discuss the potential effects of RSM CAD on team organization, planning, design concurrency, communication, and mentoring.
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ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 17–20, 2014
Buffalo, New York, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4629-2
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Collaborative Design Principles From Minecraft With Applications to Multi-User CAD
David J. French,
David J. French
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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Brett Stone,
Brett Stone
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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Thomas T. Nysetvold,
Thomas T. Nysetvold
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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Ammon Hepworth,
Ammon Hepworth
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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W. Edward Red
W. Edward Red
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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David J. French
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Brett Stone
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Thomas T. Nysetvold
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Ammon Hepworth
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
W. Edward Red
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Paper No:
DETC2014-35279, V01BT02A039; 14 pages
Published Online:
January 13, 2015
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French, DJ, Stone, B, Nysetvold, TT, Hepworth, A, & Red, WE. "Collaborative Design Principles From Minecraft With Applications to Multi-User CAD." Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 1B: 34th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Buffalo, New York, USA. August 17–20, 2014. V01BT02A039. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2014-35279
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