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Computational Design and Digital Fabrication

2021; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-981-33-4466-2_1

2195-4364

Panagiotis Kyratsis, Anastasios Tzotzis, Athanasios Manavis,

Architecture and Computational Design

Design engineers can benefit by learning to use the programming tools of CAD systems. It is possible to increase their productivity and implement their ideas effectively. Moreover, they can focus on the important product development stage instead of consuming time in routine tasks. In the light of these considerations, the current paper presents the possibilities that derive from the use of the programming resources that are available in different CAD systems, and especially the ones related to product design and fabrication. Two CAD-based applications were developed via such techniques, and the case studies found in this work prove their validity and usefulness. Well-known, commercially available CAD systems were used for these purposes, namely SolidWorks™ and Rhino™. The development of the applications was achieved via the CAD-based programming tools such as the application programming interface of SolidWorks™, by using Visual Basic for Applications programming language, and Python™, a textual programming language combined with Rhino™ 3D modeling tools.