US Patent Issued to AUTODESK on May 13 for "Generating designs for multi-family housing projects using physical simulations of design elements" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,350, issued on May 13, was assigned to AUTODESK INC. (San Francisco).

"Generating designs for multi-family housing projects using physical simulations of design elements" was invented by David Benjamin (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Dale Zhao (New York) and Lorenzo Villaggi (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A design engine is configured to automatically generate and position design elements within designs for a multi-family housing project that corresponds to a parcel of land. Each design simultaneously meets local construction regulations while also meeting specific financial targets. The design engine generates a site model that re...