Supporting Reinterpretation in Computer-Aided Conceptual Design
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Date
2008
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
This paper presents research that aims to inform the development of computational tools that better support design exploration and idea transformation - key objectives in conceptual design. Analyses of experimental data from two fields - product design and architecture - suggest that the interactions of designers with their sketches can be formalised according to a finite number of generalised shape rules defined within a shape grammar. Such rules can provide a basis for the generation of alternative design concepts and they have informed the development of a prototype shape synthesis system that supports dynamic reinterpretation of shapes in design activity. The notion of sub-shapes' is introduced and the significance of these to perception, recognition and the development of emergent structures is discussed. The paper concludes with some speculation on how such a system might find application in a range of design fields.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:SBM/SBM08/151-158,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling},
editor = {Christine Alvarado and Marie-Paule Cani},
title = {{Supporting Reinterpretation in Computer-Aided Conceptual Design}},
author = {Jowers, Iestyn and Prats, Miquel and Lim, Sungwoo and McKay, Alison and Garner, Steve and Chase, Scott},
year = {2008},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1812-3503},
ISBN = {978-3-905674-07-1},
DOI = {10.2312/SBM/SBM08/151-158}
}