US 12,468,864 B2
Generating designs for multi-family housing projects using shape parameter transformations
David Benjamin, Brooklyn, NY (US); Dale Zhao, New York, NY (US); and Lorenzo Villaggi, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/099,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,185, filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0150093 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 111/02 (2020.01); G06F 111/04 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/13 (2020.01) [G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 2111/02 (2020.01); G06F 2111/04 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for generating designs for multi-family housing projects via a computer-aided design (CAD) application, the method comprising:
generating, via a design simulator included in the CAD application, a design surface that defines one or more geometric attributes of a parcel of land;
determining, via the design simulator, a first location on the design surface that meets a first geometric criterion, wherein the first location corresponds to both an entrance to the parcel of land and a starting location for a computer simulation of a geometric tiling;
performing, via the design simulator, the computer simulation of the geometric tiling, wherein the geometric tiling extends from the first location across a first portion of the design surface;
generating, via a design generator included in the CAD application, a first design option based on the geometric tiling; and
disposing a plurality of geometric tiles on the design surface based on the geometric tiling.