CAD & creativity

Sure it does. And it affects the outcome a lot, too.

CAD designs are pretty often questionable aesthetically, because predetermined by the features and flaws of CAD - esp. when these complex and powerful tools are left to some (more or less) trained monkeys.

Walther

Brett,

I'd post this to the following sites...they get alot of traffic and I'm sure you get a lot of responses.

Brett Roberts> Hi everyone,

Brett, could you, in any way, demonstrate that your "survery" has anything to do with "cad", "creativity" or "research", as, sort of, an inducement to my venturing into this uncharted territory!?! (One seems to be able to find nothing about it without actually TAKING it!! Odd, wouldn't you say). Perhaps, you might also be so bold as to state the parameters of your investigation ~ your assumptions, your conceptions (e.g., what do you understand CAD to be), your goals. The stated aims seem about as mushy as any design study I've ever come across, (including the one for cold fusion) though I'm sure yours are better formulated than they seem. In the event that your goals/methods seem reasonably scientific, I'd be happy to participate, as I'm a "CAD" junkey-monkey and have done all of my best work with it.

David,

The first page of the survey should answer your questions. At this stage I don't want to be any more up-front about my assumptions/conceptions than I have been, as this would bias the results. I want to know what you think, not tell you what I think.

By the way, I've had over 100 responses so far with only a couple of (very minor) negative comments. Thanks again to everyone who has contributed! I'll post the results to those who are interested soon.

Brett