I've seen a lot of these part designs by people using some sort of algorithm, e.g. genetic algorithms to design the morphology of a part, like a brace or something, but they're always these *incredibly* difficult to make shapes. Why not do evolving on the CAM machining programs?
there are amazing advances in automatic braiding machines (they are truly incredible) but all fabrication machines have limitations, and you always need to include them; use, then these limitations to guide your design, parameterise them.
