Discover how deepSPACE, a groundbreaking design software, is revolutionizing the way engineers and designers approach their craft. This innovative tool takes your concept and requirements, then rapidly generates a multitude of feasible design configurations, from the conventional to the extraordinary. Explore how this AI-powered platform is redefining the design process and unlocking new possibilities across industries. Artificial intelligence and computer-aided design collide in this exciting technological advancement.
Transforming the Way We Design
A world where design concepts are virtually live the second they are conceived, without numerous iterations and simulations. deepSPACE — A game changing design software offering this reality
This system, called deepSPACE — developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — can generate a variety of possible designs quickly from your initial concept and requirements. Innovate 100x — 1,000 X: From run of the mill to way-out-there, the software is generating anywhere between 100–1,000 concepts offering a more scale understanding of what is possible in the design space. The software ‘creator, Jordan Smart said they were trying to do for engineering and design what large AI language models have done for text.
Release Creativity and Efficiency
deepSPACE can actually produce performance evaluations in addition to 3D CAD models, which is really unique. This removes some of the guesswork and makes it easier for engineers and designers to make good decisions quickly.
Smart said that deepSPACE reduces far fewer waste function calls compared to the classic optimization approaches, needing only around 250 simulations to do as well as pieces taking 20k simulations. The number of complete data sets required drops dramatically, which saves time and money: a boon to industries such as Aerospace where simulation-based design is imperative.
Creating Collaboration in Design for a New Age
What is perhaps most interesting about deepSPACE, however, is that it is capable of having a language-specific design dialogue with its human trainers. The team instinctively ignored it because the software created something that seemed ludicrous for an aircraft. But when they looked more closely at the design, it seemed to correspond much more than initially thought with a type that was developed and actually built by an established manufacturer.
The find underscores a broader point that has been well-documented in the world of discovery and experimentation regarding software’s ability to explore and uncover possibilities that have been missed by human biases. “Without having a human [say] ‘don’t think about this or that,’ it did its own experimentation, if you will, like brainstorming and came upon something we didn’t intend,” Smart said.
The ideal is to give engineers and designers the power, not eliminate them altogether. The deepSPACE vision is a kind of “engineer in your pocket” that implements masses of possibilities, offering professionals an initial bedrock upon which to build and explore further ideas.
