# Fast and Robust Design with Implicit Functions and Direct Simulation

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Podcast: [CDFAM Computational Design Symposium](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cdfam-computational-design-symposium-7077587)
Published: 2026-09-21T14:19:01+00:00
Episode link: https://www.designforam.com/p/fast-and-robust-design-with-implicit
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CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Jan Vandenbrande · nTop Current Computer Aided Design systems excel in static detailed design but are too fragile and slow to support Design Exploration and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for conceptual and preliminary design. This talk introduces a new approach to modeling products that overcomes these shortcomings based on implicit functions popularized in the animation industry. The main benefits of the approach is that is responsive to the need to design and redesign products in days or weeks and not month or years because of absolute robustness to parametric change minimizing human intervation; lightning fast evaluations leveraging GPUs; and performing analysis directly from the representation w/o the need of human intervention to generate cumbersome and error prone meshes. Links Talk page with full transcript Watch the talk on YouTube Cite this talk Search the full text of every recorded CDFAM presentation This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designforam.com

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