Lattice-imposed inverse design of physical devices

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having logic stored thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform actions for creating a fabricable segmented design for a physical device, the actions comprising:

• receiving, by the computing system, a design specification;
• determining, by the computing system, a proposed segmented design based on the design specification, wherein the proposed segmented design includes a plurality of segments that each includes an indication of a material for the segment, wherein the proposed segmented design includes lattice members and lattice voids, wherein a size of the lattice members and a size of the lattice voids are greater than a size of the segments and are greater than or equal to at least one of a minimum feature width and a minimum feature spacing of a fabrication system;
• simulating, by the computing system, performance of the proposed segmented design;
• choosing, by the computing system, one or more lattice members and lattice voids to change to improve the performance of the proposed segmented design;
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• changing, by the computing system, the chosen one or more lattice members and lattice voids of the proposed segmented design.