Shape Machine
Goals
1. Explore novel applications using Shape Machine, a new vector-based shape-rewrite modeling technology developed at the Shape Computation Lab at the College of Design at Georgia Tech.
Issues Involved or Addressed
1. Why is that the Find and Replace (⌘F/⌘R) rewrite operations, so essential in Word processing, have yet to be implemented in vector graphics or CAD? 2. Were Find and Replace (⌘F/⌘R) rewrite operations be implemented in vector graphics or CAD would they simulate existing models of geometric, parametric, and/or generative modeling or would they produce a different paradigm in vector modeling? 3. Is it possible to have a Turing-complete, imperative programming language working with vector-based shapes, shape rewrite (⌘F/⌘R) operations, and a logical processing framework using states, loops, jumps, and conditionals? Is it possible to literally write programming code by drawing shapes?
Partners/Sponsors
Georgia Research Alliancehttps://gra.org/
Methods and Technologies
- Shape search
- Production systems
- CAD
- Optimization
- DrawScript
- Shape embedding
- Generative design
- Python
- Shape Machine for Rhino
Majors Sought
Computing: Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization, Computational Media, Human-Computer Interaction
Design: Architecture, Building Construction, Industrial Design, Music Technology
Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
Preferred Interests and Preparation
General.
Advisor
Athanassios Economou
Athanassios Economou
thanos@gatech.edu
Day, Time & Location
Full Team Meeting:
2:00pm – 2:50 pm Thursday
Subteam meetings scheduled after classes begin.