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Software Openness: Evaluating Parameters of Parametric Modeling Tools to Support Creativity and Multidisciplinary Design Integration

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The ubiquitous computing era has pushed the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry towards new frontiers of digitally enabled practice. Are these the frontiers originally identified by the pioneers in the field? Architectural design has progressively shifted from two-dimensional paper based pencil sketched models to digital models drawn in various Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools. The recent adoption of parametric modeling tools from the aerospace industry has been driven by the need for tools that can assist in rapid flexible modeling. The adaptation of parametric modeling has reformed both pedagogy and practice of architectural design. The question remains if parametric design has answered all the requirements specified by Steven Anson Coons in his 1963 proposal for a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system. Given the growth of computational power and ubiquitous computing, how has CAD met the visions of its pioneers with respect to the flexibility and ease of communication with the computer and support of simultaneous design conversations with many designers working on the same project? This paper will revisit ideas conceived by the early inventors of CAD, explore the opportunities for advancing parametric modeling with the existing ubiquitous computing infrastructure, and introduces the notion of software openness to support creativity and multidisciplinary design integration.

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  1. Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Flora Dilys Salim & Jane Burry

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  1. Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    David Taniar

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. L.I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.T., University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  4. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineeering, LaTrobe University, 3086, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

    Eric Pardede

  5. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

    Bernady O. Apduhan

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Salim, F.D., Burry, J. (2010). Software Openness: Evaluating Parameters of Parametric Modeling Tools to Support Creativity and Multidisciplinary Design Integration. In: Taniar, D., Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Pardede, E., Apduhan, B.O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010. ICCSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6018. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12179-1_40

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