My previous boss (we were in the civil construction industry) has been saying for years that we are on the cusp of an industry-shattering breakthrough with generative engineering.
We should be able to, by now, input terrain maps, account for local water ways & rainfall, and Autodesk's Brobdingnagian suite of tools should be able to spit out a whole new suburban package, engineered to local country/city engineering standards.
The main thing that's holding is back is the complexity of engineering standards, and its implementation in the software. But all that'll take is time & money.
We should be able to, by now, input terrain maps, account for local water ways & rainfall, and Autodesk's Brobdingnagian suite of tools should be able to spit out a whole new suburban package, engineered to local country/city engineering standards.
The main thing that's holding is back is the complexity of engineering standards, and its implementation in the software. But all that'll take is time & money.