Generative Design in Aerospace

In early days designers used scales and drafters to express their designs on sheets in two dimensions. Lot of effort and time was invested in representing designs on drawing sheets, this delayed the product development and remained as a major lagging factor in production. 

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Today various software are available which help designers to design a product in three dimensional platform. What about the future of designing?

Technologies are focusing on enhancing the designing experience and minimising error. Today’s designing software require high level of skilled labour to perform the task of design, and most of the designs are similar to existing ones. 

We need to think out of box in order to address the upcoming design requirement. Generative design is a technology which promises better design experience and outcome. With generative design, all the designer/ engineer has to do is to provide the generative design software with input and operational conditions, that’s it. 

Millions of design possibilities are iterated and analysed and the user is provided with a optimised final output.

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Aerospace is a field where optimisation is everything. Generative design uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning to come up with unique and high performing design alternatives. 

With generative design in the field of aerospace, high level of weight reduction and airworthiness can be attained in the design of aircraft structures. With help of 3D printing and other associated technologies these design are realised improving the performance of Aerospace vehicles. 

Generative designs provides us with multiple results instead of one option. It provides the user an environment for adapting to a better design.