SketchOpt: Sketch-based Parametric Model Retrieval for Generative Design

Abstract: Developing fully parametric building models for performance-based generative design tasks often requires proficiency in many advanced 3D modeling and visual programming, limiting its use for many building designers. Moreover, iterations of such models can be time-consuming tasks and sometimes limiting, as major changes in the layout design may result in remodeling the entire parametric definition. To address these challenges, we introduce a novel automated generative design system, which takes a basic floor plan sketch as an input and provides a parametric model prepared for multi-objective building optimization as output. Furthermore, the user-designer can assign various design variables for its desired building elements by using simple annotations in the drawing. The system would recognize the corresponding element and define variable constraints to prepare for a multi-objective optimization problem.