Graphical Programming interface
The graphical programming interface is the way designers automate certain functions of design, from simple calculations of area, and volume to calculating performance, sound, thermal, and vapour, which are just an example. Take a planning problem, what is the best shape for a plot of land in a busy city, manually this takes days or even weeks, but a computer can look at thousands of different designs
The system is based upon rules in the form of small graphical icons that are dragged out of a library of preprepared specific formula rules, navigation icons that you locate an area or detail, and electronic string or links that join together the graphical icons
The output can be as an information panel or integrated back into the model by modifying a dimension as a parametric link.
