Monday, April 21, 2014

Reading Response 002: Digital Design

Nowadays ,digital design environments have brought so many changes to our design practice. It enable us to create complex geometric forms . This has greatly changed the environment we face every day.
For example ,digital model makes it possible to create complex surface. Yet ,not all the complex surface can be transformed into physical reality. Firstly ,when designing ,designers must have a clear understanding of what we are going to develop. Additionally ,techniques provide precise calculation of the properties, such as volume , weight . Thus we can convert a highly complex surface into a solid.
After the two steps , we can set out to develop useful surface model with the help of digital techniques. What we can’t neglect is that design is a constant work almost has no end. Changes take place all the time, such as dimension, angle. Generally speaking, these changes will not alter the basic characteristics. It’s like parent-child relationship. A good digital model would allow designers to easily create these variations.

Not only in architecture, but also in many other products, digital models have been used extensively. Digital models exist throughout design process. In the future, more functions are expected to be used to help designing.

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