ABSTRACT This study focuses on the decisive role played by the digital design environment in the cognitive design process and design thinking. To analyse the cognitive role of digital design tools, we carried out a protocol analysis of conventional design sketching and a 3D sculpture tool. Cognitive evaluation was a differentiating factor when considering the contextual role of the 3D sculpture tool in subsequent evaluations, non-sequential evaluations for conversion, and passive approaches within the design process. Cognitive evaluation played the following roles: validation, extension, navigation, exploration, and confirmation. The navigation, exploration, and extension roles played by non-sequential evaluation were mainly related to inductive design thinking. Finally, the types of cognitive evaluation and their roles when using the 3D sculpture tool were different, according to the design thinking type. This study explored the multidimensional roles of cognitive evaluation using a 3D sculpture tool and its relationship with design thinking types.

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概念设计的认知评估：3D雕塑工具在设计思维过程中的认知作用

摘要这项研究的重点是数字设计环境在认知设计过程和设计思维中所起的决定性作用。为了分析数字设计工具的认知作用，我们对常规设计草图和3D雕塑工具进行了协议分析。在考虑3D雕塑工具在后续评估，转换的非顺序评估以及设计过程中的被动方法中的上下文角色时，认知评估是一个与众不同的因素。认知评估扮演以下角色：验证，扩展，导航，探索和确认。非顺序评估所扮演的导航，探索和扩展角色主要与归纳设计思想有关。最后，根据设计思维类型，认知评估的类型及其在使用3D雕塑工具时的作用是不同的。这项研究探讨了使用3D雕塑工具进行认知评估的多维作用及其与设计思维类型的关系。