Smart Geometry 2011. Copenhagen, Denmark, 28th March – 2nd April 2011- Review

The Smart Geometry (SG) is the biggest conference about parametric design and the latest developments in computational design worldwide. Since 2001 architects, engineers and programmers meet once a year in a different part of the world to practice, discuss and exchange the latest developments in the field of computational design. This year’s conference was hosted by CITA in Copenhagen, the Danish hub for computational design...

15th of April 2011

Smart Geometry 2011 – Building the Invisible – First Impression

Our GC specialist David Kosdruy gets a first impression of the workshop clusters at Smart Geometry 2011, Copenhagen.

1st of April 2011

GC Palm tree Tutorial

Martin takes you through creating a unique set of palm trees with endless flexibility as each model could be changed within seconds by the modification of any parameter.

11th of March 2011

GC Forum Presentations 21/10/2009

The CAD Managers Forum held an Introduction to Generative Components forum on 21/10/2009. The presentations are available here...

26th of October 2009

BIM in the Parametric World

Or should that be parametrics in the BIM world?

This presentation was given by Nigel at the CAD Manager's Forum "Introduction to Generative Components" evening 21 October 2009.

Nigel discussed the use of parametrics to provide pre- and post-rationalisation of architectural and structural form and how that fits into the wider picture of Building Information Modelling and Integrated Project Delivery (or collaborative working as it used to be called).

The presentation aimed to raise the awareness of the importance of procedural approaches and effective data management strategies to reduce the "haystack" of unnecessary, uncoordinated and unmanaged information. Sometimes we don't need to "bale and stack" our project data, we need a flamethrower to incinerate all the waste!

by Nigel Davies, 23rd of October 2009

Smart Geometry's show and tell

Amid the gilded grandeur of the Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco more than 200 parametric design practitioners from all over the world convened to share their experiences of the use of parametric design software within architectural practice...

by Hugh Davies, 20th of April 2009

Schrodinger’s CAD: The view from inside the box at AU 2008

Inspiration, innovation - Schrodinger's Cat is alive and well at AU 2008...

5th of December 2008

Parametric modelling - why bother?

EYC readers meet Woobius. Woobius Scribbles - an entertaining and, we think, perceptive insight into aspects of technology.

The first post concerns Parametric/Algorithmic modelling: "Don’t bother with parametric modelling if you don’t have the right people and if the project leader is not behind it. Seriously, don’t."

Read on...

by Bob Leung, 23rd of November 2008

A Review of Architectural Geometry

“Architectural Geometry” has recently been published by the Bentley Institute Press. It's a “basic course in geometry at the undergraduate level”. It’s of equal value to those using GenerativeComponents and anyone involved with architectural geometry and CAD production...

22nd of February 2008

What's going to happen with GC?

The future of Generative Components is still safe.

Most people's reaction to the news that Robert Aish has resigned from Bentley and is joining Autodesk is "Well what happens to GC now?". As you may imagine this was indeed the reaction of myself and the members of the SmartGeometry Group....

by Lars Hesselgren, 22nd of November 2007