Use Of Computers In Design Research Articles

Machine learning and computational design

The use of computers in design is substantially different today from what it was only 30 years ago, and light-years ahead of how things were designed before computers entered the scene 60 years ago. This article discusses the use of computers, more specifically computational design, as a useful tool for designers. Herein, computational design refers to the application of computational tools to design practice.

Attitudes of Design Students Toward Computer Usage in Design

The success of efforts to integrate technology with design education is largely affected by the attitudes of students toward technology. This paper presents the findings of a research on the attitudes of design students toward the use of computers in design and its correlates. Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools are the most widely used computer applications in design. An instrument was developed and applied for the first time to relate computer attitude to design field through CAD. Interior architecture undergraduates of Bilkent University participated in the survey. As a result, students’ attitudes toward the use of computers in design were found to be positive. A significant gender difference in attitudes toward computers was observed with males having more positive attitudes than females. The results also revealed that students’ attitude toward computer usage in design was highly related to their general attitude toward computers, but it was not correlated with their perception of instructors’ attitude toward the use of computers in design.

Advancement of Low Achievers within Technology Studies at High School

Abstract Upper secondary education in Israel is divided into a ‘general track’ and a ‘technological track’. About half the students in the ‘technological track’ sit matriculation examinations. Mechanics studies, at the non‐matriculating level, suffers from a negative image and poor students’ motivation. A 3 year experiment was carried out with the goal of helping low achieving high school students progress to matriculation level. Class activities consisted of: project oriented studies; use of modern computerised machines (i.e. instructional CNC); use of computers for design, drawing and simulation; gradual progress while giving the student continual feedback. The pilot class (tenth grade) contained 13 students. In the second year two further schools joined the programme and in the third year it was expanded to six schools with 86 students, starting in tenth grade and progressing through grades 11 and 12. Data were gathered by interviews and follow‐up on achievements in school and state examinations. The results showed a change in the class atmosphere and students’ self image and motivation improved. In parallel to the growth in the number of students participating in the programme, the number of high achievers in technology studies in mechanics at the same schools rose, and the number of non‐matriculating students decreased. The technology studies united the class as a group and affected their motivation at general studies like Hebrew and English studies

Rescuing CAD from rationalism

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds sway in some quarters as providing valuable insights into design and the use of computers in design. AI seems to be grounded within the ‘traditional’ epistemology and ontology of Descartes. There are problems with AI in design, however, attributable to the tacit acceptance of this limited ontology. In contrast, the ontology of Heidegger asserts the primacy of the inconspicuous world of total involvement as the start of an understanding of being. A Heideggerian view displaces computation as the basis of understanding. In this article the workings of metaphor are posited as the bases of an alternative understanding of design. Computation is just one of many metaphors we have at our disposal for understanding design, and is open for evaluation in terms of its usefulness for design.

Component-based building representation for design and construction

This paper challenges the current limited use of computers in design and proposes the Component-Based Paradigm as an all encompassing model for building representation. The paradigm introduces the concept of a single three-dimensional computer-based model for the design process and explores the development of reasoning tools in a component modeling environment.

The use of computers in design and planning—Integration via interface management

The use of computers in design and planning—Integration via interface management

COMPUTER-AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN—PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

The use of computers in architectural design had its infancy in the early 1960's, however, its potential has and is taking longer to realise than was first thought. New approaches to design coupled with dramatic reductions in the price of hardware have increased the range and applicability of computers in architecture. Today we are witnessing the introduction of computer-aided drafting systems into offices. Work in the areas of building modelling, design methods and knowledge engineering all indicate that the future use of computers in design could well be substantial.

The use of computers in design and development

The use of computers in design and development

The Characteristic Analysis of Luminaires by Stretched-Thread Method

Many studies of interior interreflections have hitherto been made, but they have remained a mathematical analysis of integral equations under various conditions.The analytical formulation of the lighting system has been described by P.F.O'Brien in terms of the equivalent network. A new network method i n nonclosed surface has been published by Hiroshi Bo. Instead of using Shape Modulus Fi-1, Transfer Factor Ci is used for decreasing the number of surfaces in case of the nonclosed surfaces. Use of computers in design and analysis of luminaires has been reported by B. F. Jones. In case of a symmetrical luminaire, halving the number of surfaces required for calculation, the authors already have carried out calculation by a luminous analogue computer and digital computer.In this report, instead of a circular cylinder of fluorescent lamp, hexagonal cylinder with infinite length is used for analyzing characteristics of luminaires. Computer may be employed for the solutions of the simultaneous linear equations which describe lighting systems.This paper is a report on the luminaire efficiency and the luminous emittance ratio of idealized luminaires.