Geometric design with boundary solid grammars
Proceedings of the IFIP TC5/WG5.2 Workshop on Formal Design Methods for CAD
Vitruvlus redux: formalized design synthesis in architecture
Formal engineering design synthesis
Engineering shape grammars: where we have been and where we are going
Formal engineering design synthesis
Creating structural configurations
Formal engineering design synthesis
Biomimetic design through natural language analysis to facilitate cross-domain information retrieval
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
Inference of feature grammars for feature-based modeling in CAD systems
Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering
Automated discovery and optimization of large irregular tensegrity structures
Computers and Structures
Evolving product form designs using parametric shape grammars integrated with genetic programming
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
Design with shape grammars and reinforcement learning
Advanced Engineering Informatics
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Applying grammatical formalisms to engineering problems requires consideration of spatial, functional, and behavioral design attributes. This paper explores structural design languages and semantics for the generation of feasible and purposeful discrete structures. In an application of shape annealing, a combination of grammatical design generation and search, to the generation of discrete structures, rule syntax, and semantics are used to model desired relations between structural form and function as well as control design generation. Explicit domain knowledge is placed within the grammar through rule and syntax formulation, resulting in the generation of only forms that make functional sense and adhere to preferred visual styles. Design interpretation, or semantics, is then used to select forms that meet functional and visual goals. The distinction between syntax used in grammar rules to explicitly drive geometric design and semantics used in design interpretation to implicitly guide geometric form is shown. Overall, the designs presented show the validity of applying a grammatical formalism to an engineering design problem and illustrate a range of possibilities for modeling functional and visual design criteria.