For the past several months, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to dive deep into Generative Design and its applications in the automotive industry. My research focused on exploring the viability of generative design for optimising automotive interior components using Fusion 360 software. The aim was to improve material efficiency and reduce weight, as well as research the limitations and recommendations of the use of this technique in an attempt to address solutions to these critical factors in advancing sustainability and performance in the motor and automotive sectors.

By applying reverse engineering methodologies, there is potential for optimising and redesigning current vehicle structures.

In some cases, the designs were overly complex and required manual adjustments to make them able to be manufactured and viable to be implemented in a car interior.

Metal additive and 5-axis CNC manufacturing methods are more suitable for future applications in sectors like Motorsports.

This type of technology proposes a change in design strategies and moves from the vision of individual design of pieces to a more holistic vision of the whole, its operation and main pieces to take into account.