Shape exploration of designs in a style: Toward generation of product designs

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-215

  Prats, M ^a   Earl, C ^a   Garner, S ^a   Jowers, I ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Exploration; Product Design; Shape Rule; Structure

Indexed keywords

DRAWING (GRAPHICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN PRACTICES; GENERATIVE RULES; SHAPE REPRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 33749317294     PISSN: 08900604     EISSN: 14691760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0890060406060173     Document Type: Article

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