DAI Glossary Work in Progress! analysis building block (ABB) constraint schematic design-analysis associativity idealization multi-representation architecture (MRA) a design-analysis integration strategy that in which CAD-CAE integration is viewed as an information-intensive mapping between design models and analysis models. The MRA breaks this mapping into subproblems using four information representations: SMMs, ABBs, PMs, and PBAMs. The MRA represents design-analysis associativity as PM-ABB idealization linkages that are contained in PBAMs. product model (PM) product model-based analysis model (PBAM) routine analysis the regular use of established analysis models in product design. solution method model (SMM) [psi] ABB-SMM transformation [gamma] idealization relation between design and analysis attributes [phi] PM-ABB linkage indicating usage of one or more [gamma]-i