Generative Design and General Motors: Getting to a Better Bracket
A new seat belt bracket in a General Motors car may not seem like a big deal. But this is no ordinary bracket. Created using generative design, it’s additively manufactured and replaces 8 separate parts sourced from multiple vendors. It’s also 40% lighter and 20% stronger than the bracket solution currently used in GM cars.
And this bracket is just the beginning of a wider effort that GM announced in May, using Autodesk generative design software to go beyond weight reduction to total design optimization. The idea is to eventually create not just seat belt brackets, but thousands of car parts that are lighter and stronger, reducing vehicle weight and increasing fuel efficiency in significant ways.
Wired reports on GM’s bracket and the company’s broader effort.
Learn More at AU Las Vegas 2018
Teams from General Motors, Volkswagen, and BMW will be leading learning sessions at AU Las Vegas in November to share their processes, approaches, and takeaways concerning generative design. Take a look at what’s available and register today.
Generative Design and General Motors: The Future of Automotive Vehicle Structures
Go behind the scenes with the team that designed this game-changing seat belt bracket. Learn their approach, follow their workflow in Fusion 360 and Netfabb, and find out how they see generative design fitting into GM’s broader design strategy.
Generative Design and Additive Manufacturing in Automotive: The Future of Making Cars
Learn how BMW and Autodesk are collaborating to create vehicles that are lighter, faster, easier to produce, and customizable.
Generative Design and Artificial Intelligence in the Automotive Industry
Join the team in charge of innovative research for the Volkswagen Group to learn how they’re using AI, generative design, and VR in their design process—and the hurdles they’ve had to overcome.
Introduction to Generative Design
What is generative design? What can it do for you? How is it different from basic topology optimization? This session will break it all down for you and present a simple project using the latest technology.
Seamless Generative Design to Manufacturing
While a common choice, AM isn’t the only way to fabricate forms created by generative design. This session walks you through both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes and shows you how to combine them. From initial ideation to finished part, find the best practices for your purpose.
