Transformable Structure Generation Through Segmented Multi-Use Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computer design systems are limited to creating single-purpose designs and lack the capability to generate multifunctional or transformable designs that can serve multiple purposes or be assembled in different ways, such as a table that can also function as a chair or a chair that can convert into a ladder.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that analyze multiple design artifacts to recommend a single structure that can serve multiple purposes and be dissected and assembled differently, enabling additive printing of such designs, using a logical flow that receives user inputs, analyzes and dissects design facets, converges new designs, and iteratively refines them based on user feedback for optimal transformation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a design system creates individual pieces for single products, then the design process is simple and focused, but the system cannot generate transformable designs that serve multiple purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates a master design that can be transformed into multiple different products through disassembly and reassembly. Instead of creating separate designs for each product, a single master design serves multiple functions by allowing components to be reconfigured into different arrangements, enabling one design to produce multiple end products.
Solution Approach 2:
The master design is automatically dissected into discrete blocks or components that can be independently manipulated and reassembled. This segmentation allows the system to break down the master design into reusable elements that can be combined in various ways to create different products, enabling transformable design generation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a design is created as a single unified structure, then manufacturing is straightforward, but the design cannot be disassembled and reassembled into different configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary dissection of the master design into standardized blocks before manufacturing. By pre-planning the segmentation and defining how components will be separated and reassembled, the system prepares the design for transformability while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through automated block generation and standardized connection points.
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AI summary
A method and system provide the ability to generate a transformable structure. Design inputs are received. The design inputs include a first design, a second design, and functional inputs (i.e., relating to visual elements) for the two designs. Different facets of the first design are analyzed. The first design is dissected into multiple blocks that can be assembled to create the first design. A new design is converged by analyzing the dissected first design and the functional inputs, wherein the new design represents a design where first design is convertible into the second design.