Concept to production with a gen AI design assistant-AIDA

In design research there is a deep interest in how designers solve complex problems using design methods and heuristic shortcuts and in particular how this might relate to Machine Language (ML) to simulate the design process. With the introduction of Large Language Model (LLMs) such as Chat GPT we can appreciate how software with the remarkable capability of Generative Ai (Gen Ai) and generative design can be used to assist designers in the three-dimensional design of their products. In this paper, we will focus on how AI will impact designing in computing, identify what is relevant and suggest a new development opportunity. Our interest is in examining the potential for better and novel software solutions, making them easier to use during the design synthesis process and capable of adjustment throughout the 3D CAD development stage. The specific problem we aim to resolve is how to optimise a designer’s time spent from concept to production using Gen AI & 3D CAD software without affecting the quality of design thinking, methodology and practical process. Gen AI as an evolving platform has the potential to create a design to production productivity shift that industry and academic groups have long predicted. Designing will remain creative and inventive, individualistic or team based and using what we have termed an AI design assistant, AIDA.