CAD scripting and visual programming languages for implementing computational design concepts: A comparison from a pedagogical point of view

International Journal of Architectural Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-137

  Celani, Gabriela ^a   Eduardo Verzola Vaz, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE; ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; GENERAL PROGRAMMING; GENERATIVE DESIGN; GENERATIVE SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIC VARIATION; REPRESENTATION METHOD; RULE BASED; SCRIPTING LANGUAGES; VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGES; ARCHITECTURE; STUDENTS; VISUAL LANGUAGES; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 84859461349     PISSN: 14780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1478-0771.10.1.121     Document Type: Article

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