Enhancing Efficiency in Industrial Digital Design and Fabrication of Complex Prefabricated Elements

This chapter discusses digitization in the construction industry and explores how the combination of advanced design tools such as parametric design and BIM with design for manufacturing and assembly systems creates a new digital chain in the AEC sector. The main focus is on describing “how digital becomes physical,” which refers to the transformation of a digital model into real objects. To support the thesis, the chapter showcases several digital workflows that Stylcomp spa, a company specialized in the design and construction of special precast elements with free, complex, and custom-made shapes, implements and utilizes on a daily basis.