383: Don’t hold back

DesignMidjourney12 variations generated

David Picciuto used Midjourney to generate 2D design concepts for a bathroom hand towel holder, refining prompts to get specific styles and having the AI create 12 variations for his Patreon community to vote on.

“I put in some prompts and some parameters and kept refining it over and over and over again until I got something that I liked. Then I had AI do 12 variations of that one that I liked, and then I sent that to my Patreon group and said, hey, vote on which one of these I should make.”

DesignFusion 360 (Generative Design)

Bob Clagett described using Fusion 360's generative design tool to calculate the most efficient structural material distribution for a miniature bicycle frame, resulting in an organic, skeleton-like shape that meets strength requirements between connection points.

“they said, we have, this is where the neck goes, this is where the real wheel goes, and what is the most efficient structure in between those 2 points. And they let the computer design it. And it looks like something from like a skeleton from an alien … morphed into a bicycle frame.”