The geometric design of the exterior appearance of consumer products is a principal
consideration to retain brand identity. Architectural and engineering shape grammars had …

Computer-based shape grammar implementations aim to support creative design
exploration by automating rule-application. This paper reviews existing shape grammar …

The recent success of a class of mechanical applications of shape rules in CAD shape
grammar interpreters has produced a renewed interest in the design and support of shape …

Design can be regarded as the process of transforming an initial set of requirements (and
possibly an initial design) into an explicit, complete specification of an object that satisfies …

This paper examines the need for explicit representations of the design space, in response
to Woodbury and Burrow. Specifically, their proposal for a particular search strategy, by …

Shapes and shape grammars use algebras of subshapes in the description and generation
of designs. Different types of boundary, including element boundaries, closure boundaries …

Supporting the early phases of design requires, among others, support for the specification
and use of multiple and evolving representations, and for the exchange of information …

Shape queries based on shape embedding under a given Euclidean, affine, or linear
transformation are absent from current CAD systems. The only systems that have attempted …

Dataflow parametric modeling environments have become popular as exploratory tools due
to them allowing the variational exploration of a design by controlling the parameters of its …

The process of shape embedding, that is, the inquiry whether for two shapes u and w there
is a transformation f that embeds the shape f (u) in w is the most critical–and elusive …