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This paper reviews a few examples of information available from psychology that are pertinent to CAD tools used by expert, creative designers. Well-documented evidence on expertise is used to formulate a set of recommendations that will promote conceptual design when used in a CAD system. The advantages of borrowing information from established disciplines such as psychology to facilitate theory in new domains such as design are discussed.
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Newsome, S.L., Spillers, W.R. (1989). Tools for Expert Designers: Supporting Conceptual Design. In: Newsome, S.L., Spillers, W.R., Finger, S. (eds) Design Theory ’88. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3646-7_6
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