Techniques for automatically generating designs having characteristic topologies for urban design projects

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• generating, via a geometry engine included in a computer-aided design (CAD) application, a closed contour that surrounds a design area;
• generating, via the geometry engine, a first set of mesh lines that span the design area and couple a first segment to a second segment of the closed contour;
• generating, via the geometry engine, a second set of mesh lines that forms a design mesh in conjunction with the first set of mesh lines;
• and
• populating, via the geometry engine, the design mesh with one or more fixtures to generate a first candidate design, wherein the one or more fixtures includes at least one of a structure, a road, a parking lot, a parkland, a vegetation area, or a landscaping area.

A system, comprising:

• one or more memories storing instructions associated with a computer-aided design (CAD) application;
• and
• one or more processors that, when executing the instructions, are configured to perform the steps of:
• generating, via a geometry engine included in the CAD application, a first set of mesh lines that span a design area;
• generating, via the geometry engine, a second set of mesh lines that forms a design mesh in conjunction with the first set of mesh lines;
• and
• populating, via the geometry engine, the design mesh with one or more fixtures to generate a first candidate design, wherein the one or more fixtures includes at least one of a structure, a road, a parking lot, a parkland, a vegetation area, or a landscaping area.