Systems and methods for growth-based design

A system for performing a method of generating a design for a mechanical part, the system comprising:

• a data storage device storing instructions for performing a method of generating a design for a mechanical part;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method including:
• generating a model of a mechanical part, the model including one or more cells, wherein each cell is comprised of a plurality of parameterized representations, each of the plurality of parameterized representations representing a material property;
• determining, for each cell, a cell-specific parameter value for each of the parameterized representations;
• comparing, for each cell, each of the cell-specific parameter values to a corresponding threshold parameter value associated with each of the representations of the material properties;
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• generating at least one additional cell or removing at least one of the one or more cells based on the comparison of each cell-specific parameter value to the corresponding threshold parameter value.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for use on a computer system containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method of generating a design for a mechanical part, the method comprising:

• generating a model of a mechanical part, the model including one or more cells, wherein each cell is comprised of a plurality of parameterized representations, each of the plurality of parameterized representations representing a material property;
• determining, for each cell, a cell-specific parameter value for each of the parameterized representations;
• comparing, for each cell, each of the cell-specific parameter values to a corresponding threshold parameter value associated with each of the representations of the material properties;
• and
• generating at least one additional cell or removing at least one of the one or more cells based on the comparison of each cell-specific parameter value to the corresponding threshold parameter value.