Identify problems to solve with generative

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Identify problems to solve the generative design.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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identify problem statements and determine applicable design path

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when trying to determine if a project is well suited for generative design.

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There are a handful of things that we can consider

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while there is going to be no universal right or wrong.

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Here,

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there are a couple of key considerations that will push a design

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towards generative or push it towards a more traditional design application.

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So when we're thinking about projects that are well

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suited or a great fit for generative design,

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we're looking at performance based design solutions.

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These are going to be designs that are looking

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at the performance as a main driving factor.

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When we think about considerations such as the motorcycle frame

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that is going to be driven heavily off the performance aspect

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of the loads and constraints that are applied on the design

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from there.

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Designers can take the ideal shape and then add additional features as required.

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The performance based design solutions are often

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looking at things like minimizing mass maximizing

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stiffness or taking a look at the overall deflection or deformation of a design.

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The next consideration that would push a design more towards a

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generative design solution are going to be known operating conditions,

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non operating conditions,

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meaning the loads and constraints that are applied on your design.

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If you have a firm understanding of how your design is affixed to the rest of

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a mechanical assembly and what kinds of loads

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and constraints are placed on the overall assembly,

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then it's a better fit for generative design because again,

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we're looking at performance based solutions

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and a third consideration would be aesthetic requirements.

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Now, if there are no or low aesthetic requirements,

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generative design solutions are often a good fit

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because they are less focused on the overall appearance of the design

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and they're more focused on the optimized mechanical structure.

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There are of course other design considerations,

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but these are three of the main ones that

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can push your design into the generative category.

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When we think about things that are not well suited for generative design,

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we're looking at designs that are not load critical.

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If you're not looking at the performance of a design,

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there's really no reason to optimize it based on those inputs.

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If you have high aesthetic requirements, dealing with consumer products,

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oftentimes have a design language or aesthetic

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that's important to the overall package.

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So when you're thinking about high aesthetic requirements,

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generative design places little to no emphasis on the

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look of the component because it's performance driven.

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When we look at designs that are thin walled parts,

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things like injection molded plastics,

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those are not a good fit for generative design.

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Because as of right now, there is no requirement for draft with thin wall parts.

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While we do have a manufacturing method with casting that can look at draft angles,

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we are not considering a thin wall part overall.

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So designing plastic parts is a better fit for a traditional application.

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And one of the last requirements here is unknown problems.

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If there is not a good understanding around the loads and constraints on a part,

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then you really have no inputs for generative design.

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So when you're looking at parts that really are undefined,

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in terms of their loads and constraints,

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you have no inputs to drive the solution.

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There are of course plenty of other reasons why you might go toward a

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generative design solution or you might go away from a generative design solution.

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When we think about these,

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we have to also consider where the technology sits right now.

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We do have generative designed fluid applications that could potentially start

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to drive us more toward things like thermal heat transfer.

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However, at this current time, we don't have thermal applications.

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We can't deal with cable and harness routing.

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We're not looking at those types of design situations.

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We're focusing on the performance based solutions where we're looking

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at things like minimizing the mass or maximizing the stiffness.

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These all together will help you decide whether or not

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a project is a good fit for generative design.

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So it's always important that you not only use some of these general guides,

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but you look at your own experience in design as well as generative design

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to think about whether a project is a good fit for generative design or not.