During the design process, designers have to define the structure of their product while
considering its functional definition. This design phase remains little assisted for designers.
In addition, as numerous options can be considered for the end of life of a product (reuse,
remanufacturing, recycling,…) it becomes more difficult to obtain a compromise concerning
the final structure of the product. In this paper, we will show how the use of virtual reality
helps designers to transform the functional definition of the product into the design of its …