A design language for generic space-frame structure design
by Manan Haq, Stephan Rudolph
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT), Vol. 30, No. 1/2, 2007

Abstract: In this paper the application of graph grammar based design languages is presented. Design languages consist of a set of vocabulary and a set of rules. The design graph generated by the design language is a priori not restrained to any specific design domain. Therefore it is a formal representation of the design object. This allows to apply modifications by rules to the design graph. Using the example of space frame structures it is shown how the design language approach enables the automation of the design process by facilitating the generation of a large variety of design variants very efficiently.

Online publication date: Fri, 09-Nov-2007

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