Role of information content in multipurpose virtual engineering space

This paper is about extended application of virtual engineering principles, methodologies, and systems as a possible answer to urgent need for integrated industrial, research, and higher educational programs and processes. One of the motivations is the changed world of engineering which requires quick utilization of new findings as new context. At the same time, development of virtual engineering allows for and requires organized knowledge, experience, and expertise content as active context in engineering model structures. Laboratory of Intelligent Engineering Systems published research results in relevant topics such as virtual engineering space, active information content, content structure for the driving product system model entities, integrating higher education course into industrial engineering systems, and application of intellectual property at virtual engineering processes. In this paper, multipurpose potential of a formerly defined and industrial virtual technology conform virtual engineering space is analyzed, specific contextual knowledge driving of model entity generation is conceptualized, a modified driving content structure is explained, and intellectual property as source of driving knowledge is considered. Finally, configuration and user programming capabilities of recent professional virtual industrial engineering system is considered as the only way for the implementation of proposed multipurpose concept and method.