Generative Design

Design teams generate and compare product or component alternatives from sketches, requirements, or parameter sets, then refine the best option by hand.

Business impact

• Product development lead time — Stanley Black & Decker says the redesign was produced in shorter time.
• Development cost — Stanley Black & Decker reports reduced cost in the redesign process.
• Product weight — The redesigned tool was reported to weigh 7 times less than the previous version.

Data requirements

• Sketches (image) — Ford’s designers use sketches as an input to generate image and 3D-model alternatives.
• Parameter sets and user requirements (tabular) — The system works from specified design criteria such as lightweight requirements.

AI methods and techniques

• Generative design — Used to produce alternative product geometries from a defined set of requirements.
• Machine learning — The article says the software uses machine learning to learn which combinations work best during the design search.

Industries

Real-world evidence

5 documented case studies on record.

Companies using this: Ford, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Stanley Black & Decker, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech).