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McKay, Alison; Jowers, Iestyn; Chau, Hau Hing; De Pennington, Alan and Hogg, David C.
(2011).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPD.2011.037591
Abstract
Computer-aided design systems enable the creation of digital product definitions that are widely used throughout the design process. Typically, such product definitions are created after the bulk of [shape] designing has been completed because their creation requires a detailed knowledge of the shape that is to be defined. Shape grammars have been applied in a range of domains to generate design shapes that conform to a given style early in design processes. A key challenge that restricts their implementation lies in the detection of embedded shapes, sub-shapes, which are manipulated according to shape rules to create new shapes. The automatic detection of sub-shapes is an open research question within the shape grammar community. The research reported in this paper explored the use of computer vision techniques to address this problem; the results achieved to date show real promise. An early prototype is presented and demonstrated on a designer's sketches.
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- Item ORO ID
- 38921
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1741-8178
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Design Synthesis and Shape Generation Not Set AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) Designing for the 21st Century Not Set EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) - Keywords
- shape synthesis; shape grammar; computer vision; sub-shape detection; computer-aided design synthesis; CAD synthesis; product definition; designer sketches; product design; product development
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) - Research Group
- Design and Innovation
- Copyright Holders
- © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises
- Depositing User
- Iestyn Jowers