Hi,
I have seen more articles and advertisements on generative designs than I have seen in months. Engineers, and designers will miss one of the greatest opportunities if they do not get on board using this capability. So why is it they are not readily or hesitantly trying Generative Design?
MPO:
- Generative Design is in it’s first generation of development. It has great potential for growth but we are just at the beginning of this applied engineering – more work needs to be done
- People do not prefer alien factor ( something about a robot being close to human likeness that is creepy)
- Engineers/designers like flat and/or round surfaces to attach or bolt onto for original design and modification.
- Ovaloid parts very hard to build for – time and savings lost against creating customized structure and attachments
- Structural Engineers like components with consistent profile and cross-section. Easier to make calculations especially if computer dies/internet dead.
What Generative Design does and has Greatest potential:
Never before in the history of CAD/CAM, can you generate a design based on structure, geometry and forces and let the software “sculpt” the desired part.
What needs to be done is take the object and regress the generative design structure down to the basic lines and curves of force defined by FEA and rebuild the design with library chosen profiles-(sweep and loft) a new AI Generated skeletal structure that meets all requirements for weight, strength and function.
There has been talk of “growing the part” and I think the partnership with Ansys is vital for GD and to reduce the erroneous options that are not possible to make and be left with options that will work. Truly saving time and money for the customer in their decision making process.
I am open for dialogue on these statements please feel free to comment in the attached section.
John
