Talk:Parametric design

Clarity

"Parametric design is a process based on algorithmic thinking that enables the expression of parameters and rules that, together, define, encode and clarify the relationship between design intent and design response"

Despite a phd in engineering, I have no idea what that says. Would this be a clearer alternative:

"Parametric design is a design method where algorithms and input parameters are used to define complex shapes"

I agree, the first sentence is pretty difficult to understand. I like your alternative and added it in. Feel free to edit the article yourself in similarly constructive ways and be WP:BOLD. --Cerebral726 (talk) 13:35, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks I made couple other edits. I am still not sure what "define, encode and clarify the relationship between design intent and design response" means. I also thought putting buildings and engineering components as examples of complex shapes would help further making the concept clear. Pskuri (talk) 15:23, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Non-neutral point of view

The section on "Autodesk 3DS Max" software reads like an advertisement. The tone is definitely not encyclopaedic. My main concern is that the text is similar in style to advertising material, and may not present a neutral point of view, as required per policy WP:NPOV.

yoyo (talk) 07:25, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

I agree; I removed much of the marketing hype. The page could probably do with more editing, but I think the most flagrant problems are gone now. Asamind (talk) 01:37, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

The software related part should be a list --DesignDigital (talk) 14:59, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

This topic is simply an advertisement space

big hint should of been the dates (ive used commercial software of this nature well before the dates written in the article and they would of repackaged that from elsewhere - coined to sell more product and nothing more) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.175.30.64 (talk) 17:37, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Problems of this page

This pages has some problems, of course parametric design is based on algorithmic thinking, but the contributions of architecture to this approach are confused, even wrong in some cases. Parametric design is highly connected with architecture.

In the 2000s there was a new advent of parametric architecture, which is a logical method invented by Luigi Moretti in the middle of the last century, his laws of parametric architecture mark a new approach to architectural design. His is the creation of a process based on the exact definition of the parameters. After Moretti, Frei Otto should be included in the list.

Moretti's Parametric Architecture laws, explain clearly how and why design is parametric, why it is important to focus on the process, bringing design closer to science.

The phrase "One of the first architects and theorists that used computers to generate architecture was Greg Lynn" is wrong, Autocad was first released in 1982, many architects used computers before him, Lynn worked in the offices of Peter Eisenman, architect and theorist famous for his theory of digital and for his deconstructivist projects. Lynn wrote about digital architecture, his contributions to architecture are very important, but he never talks about parametric design.

The software section is mainly advertising, the new advent of parametric design is definitely related to the evolution of software, Grasshopper 3D by David Rutten is certainly the most representative, its first release in 2007 opened a world of possibilities to designers, thanks to graphic programming language. Nowadays almost any software allows scripting, many of those used by architects and designers, as Dynamo allow to use a graphic programming language, so it is virtually possible to use a parametric approach with almost any design software.

With the idea of ​​making a list of those that have marked the history of parametric design, I would definitely include Grasshopper 3D, Generative Components, and Dynamo, which is widely used by architects within Revit

Thanks for your time, let me know how I can help — Preceding unsigned comment added by DesignDigital (talk • contribs) 21:09, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Clarity

This discussion of parametric architecture is confusing, yet, I have a degree in Design from a well-known school & also a degree in Computer Science. The language used here is jargon and doesn't help the reader. Put simply, the main thing readers need to learn is that parametric architecture is computer-generated architecture. This is also true for new "industrial design" (the three-dimensional design of manufactured objects such as cars, appliances, etc.), as well as new "graphic design" (the two-dimensional design of printed materials such as magazines, books on paper or online, advertisements, art, etc.) Also, it's important to show the reader HOW these new tools makes designs look different. 108.44.45.7 (talk) 15:01, 19 September 2024 (UTC)