Digital Fabrication in Architecture, Engineering and Construction

• Main Author: Caneparo, Luca (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer simulation.; Design.; Civil engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Simulation and Modeling.; Design, general.

Digital technologies are changing the relationship between design and construction: with computer models, CAD/CAM, and prototyping, designers can gain direct control of building and construction processes. The ability to digitally model designs, and thus to use those models directly in the context o...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Origins of industrial production and prefabrication
• 2 Digital production
• 3 Design for manufacture
• 4 Digital manufacture of metals
• 5 Digital woodworking.