Graphics and CAD Design Protocol

Big Picture

The big picture is public design, the democratization of design/build power so that anyone can contribute to building the world they want to live in. This could mean their home, their enterprise, their life. To do this, we believe that public tools such as documented construction sets, CAD part libraries, visual icon construction sets - can enable anybody to design, build, and innovate on any technology. The simple idea is to make design transparent, and to open access to design and build tools that build upon all of human knowledge.

To assist in this, we are generating uniform icons, such as Icons and Pattern Language which break down all technology into materials, parts, modules, and systems. This allows one to design and build anything.

The general concept is that we create a uniform language - where the 'words' of this language are part libraries. These part libraries are represented by conceptual icons, as well as technical design (CAD) - including Bills of Materials and Expertise-Embedded Design Principles.

OSE Case

OSE is developing multipurpose graphics and CAD libraries for building any technology, such as homes, 3d printers, tractors, engines - and later on to microchips and other technologies. We are pursuing a unified pattern language for design and build of anything.

Execution

• To take photos, CAD, icons, and other visuals and stylize them in a uniform way to make them usable as Pattern Language Icons, icons for diagrams, software drag-and-drop buttons, book content identifiers (example, light bulb icon = idea), process design icons, site signage icons, website icons, Visual Workshop signage.
• Primary use is to
• Part icons for public engineering:
  • Housing and infrastructure construction set
  • 3D printer parts - 3DP Construction Set
  • Power Cube construction set icons
  • Tractor Construction Set Icons + implements
  • CNC Machine Construction Set design icons - CNC Torch, Mill Lathe, 3D printer, etc.
  • Village infrastructure design icons (Applied Civilization Lab)

AI Icons

See AI Icons

Sample AI SVGs-

We can get uniformity, then we could work on improving the SVGss over time. First we can use placeholders - in an incremental design process. The idea here is swarm collaboration, where people can get involved in large-scale, incremental collaboration based on seeded part libraries. Thus, we need to define the basic protocol - with focus on ease of updating all the assets.

Icon-Based Design

The above icon implies a visual design language where individual wall modules are connected to one another - the tabs imply this. One proposed workflow would be to use the Wall Module Generator part library, and feed an SVG icon into AI as an assembly-level schema - and AI converts this iconic representation into real CAD. Thus, we have converted schema generation into a visual method. This embodies the full power of AT AI - using simple visual tools to do engineered, technical design.

Links

• Pattern Language