Algorithm development environment for computational design coders with integration of nurbs geometry modeling and agent-based modeling

Abstract

Writing codes of computational design algorithms to perform agent-based modeling and generate complex geometry is powerful but not simple. To help computational design coders write algorithms for complex geometry and agent-based modeling, an algorithm development environment named iGeo has been developed as an open source library on Processing. This paper describes the design of this library for efficient and effective algorithm development integrating NURBS geometry modeling and agent-based modeling. It also describes computational design algorithms developed on this environment for various projects as case studies to evaluate how the environment helps algorithm development and the computational design process. The paper discusses advantages and disadvantages observed in the case studies and in comparison to existing libraries.