| authors |
Brown, G. Z. |
| year |
1990 |
| title |
Desirable Interface Characteristics of Knowledge-Based Energy Software Used by Architects |
| source |
March, 1990. 14 p. : ill. includes bibliography |
| summary |
This paper describes ongoing research projects on the development of user interfaces for energy software to be used by architects. The paper takes the position that the goal of knowledge-based design software should be to help the architect to visualize the unimagined. In order to approach this goal the unique characteristics of the architectural design process must be understood and used in the creation of software. The two characteristics discussed are: the architectural design process emphasizes synthesis rather than analysis, and the symbols used to transmit knowledge are primarily graphic abstractions rather than alpha-numeric abstractions |
| keywords |
user interface, architecture, design process, knowledge base, software, energy |
| series |
CADline |
| references |
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