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We present a general shape grammar implementation that supports subshape detection and handles lines and labeled points in three-dimensional space. Its front and back ends are both set in the CAD application Rhinoceros3D. Informal observations of designers using the implementation suggest that they are more interested in producing designs to work with than in using the more specialized features of shape grammars. This in turn suggests that researchers who create such implementations have more to learn about how designers use them or would like to do so.
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CAAD Futures workshop, June 2019, Daejeon, South Korea; Ouroborous workshop, August 2019, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan; Advanced Computational Design course, Fall 2018 and Fall 2019, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan.
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Li, A.Ik., Stouffs, R. (2021). Towards a Useful Grammar Implementation: Beginning to Learn What Designers Want. In: Lee, JH. (eds) A New Perspective of Cultural DNA. KAIST Research Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7707-9_5
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