Design is a challenging task that is crucial to all product development. Advances in design
computing may allow machines to move from a supporting role to generators of design …

Because innovative and creative design is essential to a successful product, this work brings
the benefits of generative design in the conceptual phase of the product development …

The envelope shape, the most salient design characteristic in a building, has significant
influence on its energy performance. However, in the early design stages, when the …

Highlights•A generative method for aesthetic shape exploration in product design is
proposed.•The model generates a high number of variations and may adapt to different …

Abstract Design automation addresses the problem of manual and time-consuming design
processes by streamlining and optimizing the creation of products, systems, or solutions …

With the advancement of artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, numerous
generative AI applications have surfaced. In contrast to conventional generative design and …

Shape grammars are a powerful and appealing formalism for automatic shape generation in
computer-based design systems. This paper presents a proposal complementing the …

An Interactive Genetic Algorithm is proposed to progressively sketch the desired side-view of
a car profile. It adopts a Fourier decomposition of a 2D profile as the genotype, and …

Shape grammars are one of the main generative design algorithms. The theories and
practices of shape grammars have developed and evolved for over four decades and …

In a competitive market, where engineering design skills are mandatory, the capacity to be
creative, and make innovative forms, represents the distinctive element that can offer the …