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Elements of Parametric Design
Pushed by practices wanting and needing to produce novelty, computer-aided design systems are increasingly parametric - that is, they represent designs that change with their input data. People find parametric computer-aided design systems powerful, but hard to learn and difficult to use.
Using these new systems well requires knowledge of design, geometry, computing and the structure of parametric systems themselves.
What new knowledge and skill do designers need to master the parametric? How can they learn and use it? That is what this book is about - it helps designers realize the potential of the parameter in their work. It combines the basic ideas of parametric systems with equally basic ideas from both geometry and computer programming. It uses design patterns as its main tool. A pattern is a generic solution to a shared problem. Using patterns to think and work will help designers master the new complexity imposed on them by parametric modeling.
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