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Conceptual design steps

Four stages of conceptual design are identifying functions, finding solutions, combining solutions into concepts, and evaluating these concepts.

In this video Ammar looks at the second stage of the design process, which is the conceptual design stage. He explains that the conceptual design stage itself can be divided into four steps which are identifying functions, finding solutions, combining solutions into concepts, and finally evaluating these concepts.

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