virtualization of design and production a thesis - Bilkent University

designer, from time to time, solves the surfaces and details as far as the CAD
software lets him to. Obviously, this emerges out when the user has not got
adequate knowledge of handling the software but sometimes the aesthetics that
the machine creates replaces the intention of the designer and he is at the end,
convinced of what the computer happens to suggest. The most obvious instances
take place when the designer starts the basics of his design via computer. This is
the moment when possibilities of the software affect the designer the most and
the computer integrates into the process as a semi-designer taking over the
human idea of a product.
The issue of designing with the software is still under debate whether it provides
the designer with excessive capabilities. This is because sometimes it may be
confusing to think through the screen rather than making the same calculation or
drawing with your bare hand. However, it is valid that the contemporary
technology and means of production require an inevitable computer drawing to
eliminate the risks of design and production. Therefore, making the design
through the screen and executing calculations within software capabilities turns
out to be compulsory for the designers. Yet the integration of computers in the
design process is up to the working style of the designer in some cases since the
computers did not obviously replace all the design methods.
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