Contents

1. Digital Prototyping Processes

   1. Introduction to Prototyping and Digital Fabrication;

   2. Subtractive and Additive Processes;

   3. Materialities and Properties;

   
   

2. Biomimicry applied to Product Design

   1. Principles associated with Biomimicry;

   2. Action strategies;

   
   

3. Digital Morphogenesis (Advanced Modeling)

   1. Point, Curve, Splines and Nurbs;

   2. Ruled surfaces;

   3. Double curved surfaces;

   4. Editing and Redefining surfaces by points;

   5. Paneling Tools;

   
   

4. Parametric Design

   1. Integration of parametric algorithms for generating and manipulating curves in space;

   2. Integration of parametric surface generation and form-finding algorithms;

   3. Integration of parametric algorithms for model validation for digital prototyping;

   4. Integration of model planning algorithms for digital prototyping;

   
   

5. Final Synthesis

   1. Design, development and applied modeling according to digital protyping by subtractive processes;

   2. Design, development and applied modeling according to digital protyping by additive processes.