Iconic CAD Workflow Specification - Revision history

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Applications

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	*Recycling programs - material transparency.		*Recycling programs - material transparency.
	*House design by novices. Then machine design in general.		*House design by novices. Then machine design in general.
			*100x cost reduction

	= Why This Matters for OSE =		= Why This Matters for OSE =

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Purpose and Goals

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	It converts CAD from individual design work into industrial-scale collaborative engineering infrastructure.		It converts CAD from individual design work into industrial-scale collaborative engineering infrastructure.

			==Applications==
			*Future Fab Crash Course - course is free, certification is pay to play
			*Lifetime Design product warranties - you must take it apart yourself. We make it easy. Transparent documentation enables. Digital fab access - PYOP - print your own parts remotely, we ship for free with solar land drones and cargo aerial drones.
			*Democracy. Distributed production.
			*Recycling programs - material transparency.
			*House design by novices. Then machine design in general.

	= Why This Matters for OSE =		= Why This Matters for OSE =

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Industry Standards

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	It turns out that Iconic CAD is closest by historical analogy to the '''compiler''' itself, and second, to electronic design automation (automated wire routing). Otherwise, limited examples include:		It turns out that Iconic CAD is closest by historical analogy to the '''compiler''' itself, and second, to electronic design automation (automated wire routing). Otherwise, limited examples include:
	*LEGO		*[[LEGO]]
	*SimCity		*[[SimCity]]
	*Parametric CAD		*[[Parametric CAD]]
	*FabLabs		*[[FabLabs]]
	*WikiHouse		*[[WikiHouse]]
	*BIM		*[[BIM]]

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Industry Standards

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 What is the closest implementation of this in existing design workflows? https://chatgpt.com/share/69af5275-afa0-8010-8964-fe8aa2690c7b
-It turns out that Iconic CAD is closest by historical analogy to the '''compiler''' itself.
+It turns out that Iconic CAD is closest by historical analogy to the '''compiler''' itself, and second, to electronic design automation (automated wire routing). Otherwise, limited examples include:
 =Example=

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Current Status and Technical Risk

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	That is the biggest technical risk.		That is the biggest technical risk.

			==Industry Standards==
			What is the closest implementation of this in existing design workflows? https://chatgpt.com/share/69af5275-afa0-8010-8964-fe8aa2690c7b

			It turns out that Iconic CAD is closest by historical analogy to the '''compiler''' itself.

	=Example=		=Example=

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Example

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	#A shadowboard design for a 24-person team build, and 48 person team build		#A shadowboard design for a 24-person team build, and 48 person team build
	#Workflow instructions for the overall assembly, based on 24 people.		#Workflow instructions for the overall assembly, based on 24 people.
			#Structural and thermal calculations - FEA compiler
	==Meta==		==Meta==
	#For each module, role allocation based on name database (24 or 48)		#For each module, role allocation based on name database (24 or 48)

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Why This Matters for OSE

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	The result is a major scaling advantage for Open Source Ecology, enabling distributed collaborative design across a much broader contributor base.		The result is a major scaling advantage for Open Source Ecology, enabling distributed collaborative design across a much broader contributor base.

			=Does This Matter for the World?=

			The transformative idea is: turn engineering from drawing geometry into assembling validated generative modules.

			If that works at global scale, it could fundamentally change how physical civilization infrastructure is designed.

			That is why the idea is worth pursuing.

			== Current Status and Technical Risk ==

			Right now, Iconic CAD is still a hypothesis.

			Several things must work simultaneously for the system to succeed:

			* Generative schemas must be robust.
			* Interfaces between modules must be stable.
			* Compilers must generate valid engineering.
			* Validation must catch real-world failures.
			* Libraries must grow large enough to be useful.
			* Builders must actually adopt the system.

			Most previous attempts at modular design fail because interfaces become unstable as complexity grows.

			That is the biggest technical risk.

	=Example=		=Example=

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Purpose and Goals

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 * faster iteration
-It converts CAD from individual design work into industrial-scale collaborative engineering infrastructure.
+= Why This Matters for OSE =
 =Example=

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4 Layer Structure

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	In between these there are validators - syntactic and semantic, as separate steps - at each level. Thus, after generative schema, we have syntactic and semantic validation, then compilation into CAD. Then we generate part libraries. Since we would like to generate multiple parts in a run, our compiler will allow us to generate a few files at a time. The compiler will also create any post-processing steps at the Assembly Schema level.		In between these there are validators - syntactic and semantic, as separate steps - at each level. Thus, after generative schema, we have syntactic and semantic validation, then compilation into CAD. Then we generate part libraries. Since we would like to generate multiple parts in a run, our compiler will allow us to generate a few files at a time. The compiler will also create any post-processing steps at the Assembly Schema level.

			=Example=
			[[Iconic CAD Workflow Example]]

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4 Layer Structure

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	*'''Generative schemas''' → produce standardized components		*'''Generative schemas''' → produce standardized components
	*'''Component libraries''' → stable reusable modules		*'''Component libraries''' → stable reusable modules
	*'''~~Compositional / assembly~~ schemas''' → machines and systems		*'''Assembly schemas''' → machines and systems
	*'''System generator''' - These generate entire machines parametrically - tractor_generator(power, width, lift_capacity)		*'''System generator''' - These generate entire machines parametrically - tractor_generator(power, width, lift_capacity)

			In between these there are validators - syntactic and semantic, as separate steps - at each level. Thus, after generative schema, we have syntactic and semantic validation, then compilation into CAD. Then we generate part libraries. Since we would like to generate multiple parts in a run, our compiler will allow us to generate a few files at a time. The compiler will also create any post-processing steps at the Assembly Schema level.