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Creating cross-over vehicles: Defining and combining vehicle classes using shape grammars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2006

SETH ORSBORN ,
JONATHAN CAGAN ,
RICHARD PAWLICKI  and
RANDALL C. SMITH
SETH ORSBORN
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
JONATHAN CAGAN
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
RICHARD PAWLICKI
Affiliation:
Research & Development Division, General Motors, Detroit, Michigan, USA
RANDALL C. SMITH
Affiliation:
Research & Development Division, General Motors, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Abstract

In the push for new vehicle designs, the distinctions between vehicle classes are quickly becoming blurred. We use shape grammars to quantify the differences between vehicle classes through the application of class-specific rules and the constraint of rule applications to within parametric ranges determined for each class. This allows for the development of new vehicle forms that clearly fall within a class or purposefully cross over the boundaries of classes and mix rules and ranges to create unique and interesting cross-over vehicles.

Keywords

Cross-Over VehicleDesign LanguageShape GrammarsVehicle Design

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Research Article
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AI EDAM , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , August 2006 , pp. 217 - 246
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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