APPROACH FOR GENERATING AND EXPLORING A DESIGN SPACE

摘要

A design application allows an end-user to define an engineering problem, and then synthesizes a spectrum of design options that solve the engineering problem. The design application then generates various tools to allow the end-user to explore that spectrum of design options. The design application allows the end-user to compare various attributes of each design option, and to filter the spectrum of design options based on those attributes. In response to end-user selections of certain design options, the design application identifies other similar design options, and then displays these design options to the end-user.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate design options for comparison:
generating a spectrum of design options, wherein each design option included in the spectrum of design options is associated with a first attribute; generating a design comparison plot that includes a first axis corresponding to the first attribute; determining a first distance along the first axis based on a first attribute value associated with a first design option included in the spectrum of design options; and displaying the first design option on the design comparison plot at the first distance along the first axis in conjunction with displaying at least one other design option on the design comparison plot.