What is parametric modeling?

• Parametric Modeling - (aka constraint modeling) - "add, erase, relate and repair"
• "the most mature parametric system is the spreadsheet"
• "The first computer-aided design system was parametric. Ivan Sutherland's PhD thesis on Sketchpad - 1963)

New Skills

1. Conceiving data flow
2. Divide to conquer
3. Naming
4. Thinking with abstraction
5. Thinking mathematically
6. Thinking algorithmically

New strategies

1. Sketching
2. Throw code away
3. Copy and modify
4. Sketch for form
5. Use mathematics and computation to understand design
6. Defer decisions
7. Help others
8. Develop your toolbox
9. Make modules