This section describes the Design Manager functions. For more information on Design Intent, Top-Down Design, and other Design Manager issues, refer to the Assembly portion of the help data, or the Top-Down Design Task Guide.

supports a design concept called Top-Down Design. Top-Down Design is a method of designing a product by specifying top-level design criteria and passing those criteria down from the top level of the product’s structure to all affected subsystems. The Design Manager functions support this design concept. The next sections contain a brief summary of the six steps of Top-Down Design.