When you think of generative design, you probably envision this:
When Autodesk first developed generative design technology, it was used in the product design and manufacturing industry. It was a way for a designer to specify a set of requirements and have the software generate a set of designs that meet that criteria. The requirements often depicted a quest for optimization with a set of forces that define where an object needs to be strong and where it could get away with being lightweight. Though generative design is still used in this fashion, it’s actually a multi-variable problem solver. Given a set of requirements, the variables, generative design computes various combinations and evaluates them regarding those variables. So it’s no surprise that generative design has made the leap from product design and manufacturing to Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC).
On May 30, I attended a webinar where this very topic was covered. As described in the webinar: