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Panagiotis Kyratsis Athanasios Manavis
J. Paulo Davim
Editors
Computational Design
and Digital Manufacturing
Editors
Panagiotis Kyratsis Athanasios Manavis
Department of Products and Systems Department of Products and Systems
Design Engineering Design Engineering
University of Western Macedonia University of Western Macedonia
Kozani, Greece Kozani, Greece
J. Paulo Davim
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal
ISSN 2365-0532 ISSN 2365-0540 (electronic)
Management and Industrial Engineering
ISBN 978-3-031-21166-9 ISBN 978-3-031-21167-6 (eBook)
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Preface
The present book intents to cover a variety of topics that deal with computational
design and digital fabrication. We aimed in following an approach that combines
both the design process using high end digital tools and the manufacturing with
new technologies that are based on new technologies. We have managed to incor-
porate a number of directions, i.e., CAD-based design automation and applications,
parametric and algorithmic design, generative design, additive manufacturing and
prototyping, product design applications and methodologies, modern machining,
materials, manufacturing automation, topology optimization, augmented reality, and
mechatronics.
A series of state-of-the-art chapters were gathered and deal with the following
eras. The first chapter “Generative Design in Architecture: From Mathematical Opti-
mization to Grammatical Customization” provides a methodological overview of
generative design in architecture. It highlights the commonalities among the math-
ematical optimization methods for topology optimization, the shape optimization
and the agent-based design games. The second chapter “Augmented Reality-Driven
Prototyping for Error Elimination During Computational Design and Digital Fabri-
cation” proposes a methodology for small-scale prototyping using computational
design and digital fabrication by applying augmented reality. Its aim is to eliminate
the errors that appear in each case. The third chapter “Design of Gesture-Controlled
Interface for Mechatronic Systems: A Computational Approach” focuses on applying
a computational approach when designing and developing an interface for interacting
with a mechatronic system through gestures. Machine vision techniques are used for
recording and locating the gesture through an image capture system. The fourth
chapter “Topology Optimization Utilizing Density-Based Approach for Additive
Manufactured Components: A Case Study of an Automotive Brake Caliper” applies
the principles and methods of topology optimization, when analyzing a novel case
study dealing with the design of a topology optimized brake caliper, when intended to
be manufactured using additive manufacturing (design for additive manufacturing).
The fifth chapter “Rethinking the Brick: Developing a File to Fabrication Frame-
work for Mortar-Free, Robotic Masonry Wall Assembly” deals with the creation of a
file-to-fabrication framework for mortar-free robotic assembly of masonry walls. It
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focuses on the relationship between the individual brick geometry and the complete
structure under consideration. The sixth chapter “Knowledge-Based Design: A Func-
tion-Knowledge Reasoning Model for Product Conceptual Design” uses a function-
knowledge reasoning model for product conceptual design that constructs a mapping
relationship between subfunctions after decomposition and granular clustered knowl-
edge. It focuses on knowledge-based product conceptual design that helps identify
critical issues and generates new conceptual solutions through configuration.
The seventh chapter “Equation Driven Micro-Milling of 2D Free Form Models
and Off-Line G-code Generation for Variable Feed Machining” deals with paramet-
rically designed and machined out of brass spiral type and micro-gear 2D freeform
models. The result is achieving improved surface quality, machining time and process
efficiency. The eighth chapter “Study of the Topography of Face Milled Surfaces
Using CAD-Based Simulation” presents a simulation model that is able to deal with
improved machining in a CAD-based simulation platform. The outcome includes
the resulting surface topography as well as the surface roughness metrics. The ninth
chapter “Study on Design and Manufacturing of an Engine Block Using Digital
Tools” offers access to the implementation of digital tools, when designing and
manufacturing a lightweight four stroke engine block for kart competition. The tenth
chapter “Automatization of CAD Model Development of Slewing Bearing Using
Solid EdgeTM” presents a novel approach in CAD-based automated development of
slewing bearings. 2D sketches and their dimensions are linked to a lookup table and
thus resulting in the automatic creation of the 3D solid models. All the appropriate
operations are linked to the application developed for this purpose. The eleventh
chapter “CAD-Based Application in VBA for Tool’s Profiling” allows profiling of
tools such as rack-gear tool, gear shaped cutting tool or rotary cutter via visual basic
for applications (VBA) and the implementation of the “virtual pole” method.
The editors acknowledge the aid of Springer Publications and express their grati-
tude for this opportunity and for their professional support. The editors also express
their gratitude to all the chapter authors for their availability and for delivering their
high-quality research work.
Kozani, Greece Panagiotis Kyratsis
Kozani, Greece Athanasios Manavis
Aveiro, Portugal J. Paulo Davim
October 2022
Contents
Generative Design in Architecture: From Mathematical
Optimization to Grammatical Customization ........................ 1
Pirouz Nourian, Shervin Azadi, and Robin Oval
Augmented Reality-Driven Prototyping for Error Elimination
During Computational Design and Digital Fabrication ................ 45
Odysseas Kontovourkis
Design of Gesture-Controlled Interface for Mechatronic Systems:
A Computational Approach ........................................ 73
Apostolos Tsagaris, Maria Economou, Athanasios Manavis,
and Panagiotis Kyratsis
Topology Optimization Utilizing Density-Based Approach
for Additive Manufactured Components: A Case Study
of an Automotive Brake Caliper .................................... 91
Nikolaos Kladovasilakis, Georgios Kosmidis, Panagiotis Kyratsis,
and Dimitrios Tzetzis
Rethinking the Brick: Developing a File to Fabrication Framework
for Mortar-Free, Robotic Masonry Wall Assembly .................... 107
Asterios Agkathidis, Yang Song, and Jiangyang Zhao
Knowledge-Based Design: A Function-Knowledge Reasoning
Model for Product Conceptual Design ............................... 119
Yiwei Jiang, Xin Guo, Ying Liu, and Wu Zhao
Equation Driven Micro-Milling of 2D Free Form Models
and Off-Line G-code Generation for Variable Feed Machining ......... 141
Ch. Tzivelekis and A. A. Krimpenis
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Study of the Topography of Face Milled Surfaces Using CAD-Based
Simulation ........................................................ 159
Nikolaos Tapoglou, Chara Efstathiou, Anastasios Tzotzis,
and Panagiotis Kyratsis
Study on Design and Manufacturing of an Engine Block Using
Digital Tools ...................................................... 167
Sever-Alexandru Haba and Gheorghe Oancea
Automatization of CAD Model Development of Slewing Bearing
Using Solid EdgeTM ................................................ 205
Rafael Gella-Marín, César García-Hernández,
and José-Luis Huertas-Talón
CAD-Based Application in VBA for Tool’s Profiling .................. 217
Virgil Gabriel Teodor, Georgiana Alexandra Moros¸anu,
and Ra˘zvan Sebastian Cra˘ciun
Index ............................................................. 261
Generative Design in Architecture: From
Mathematical Optimization
to Grammatical Customization
Pirouz Nourian, Shervin Azadi, and Robin Oval
This chapter provides a methodological overview of generative design in architec-
ture, especially highlighting the commonalities between three separate lineages of
generative approaches in architectural design, namely the mathematical optimization
methods for topology optimization and shape optimization, generative grammars
(shape grammars and graph grammars), and [agent-based] design games. A compre-
hensive definition of generative design is provided as an umbrella term referring to
the mathematical, grammatical, or gamified methodologies for systematic synthesis,
i.e. derivation, itemization, or exploration of configurations. Among other points, it is
shown that generative design methods are not necessarily meant to automate design
but rather provide structured mechanisms to facilitate participatory design or creative
mass customization. Effectively, the chapter provides the theoretical minimum for
understanding generative design as a paradigm in computational design; demystifies
the term generative design as a technological hype; shows a precis of the history of the
generative approaches in architectural design; provides a minimalist methodological
framework summarising lessons from the three lineages of generative design; and
deepens the technological discourse on generative design methods by reflecting on
the topological constructs and techniques required for devising generative systems
or design machines, including those equipped with Artificial Intelligence. Moreover,
the notions of discrete design and design for discrete assembly are discussed as
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P. Nourian ( ) · S. Azadi
Research Group Urbanism and Urban Architecture, Department of Built Environment, Eindhoven
University of Technology, Het Kranenveld 8, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
e-mail: [email protected]
S. Azadi
e-mail: [email protected]
R. Oval
Form Finding Lab, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 59
Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
e-mail: [email protected]
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