SIMULATION OF AESTHETIC RATING OF CAD LAYOUTS

Increasing complexity of Information Systems results in employment of various automated or semi-automated methods for data visualization. Good information design is very important for human-computer interfaces since it improves productivity and enhances human understanding. This paper proposes two novel algorithms for estimation of deployment of the visual elements of the CAD layout. GUI is treated as the output of simulation locating uniform rectangular blocks on the layout. Those blocks eventually are replaced by the system dependent object representations, e.g. visual metaphors of the heating system. The proposed tools and metrics can be used in simulation of aesthetic rating of various models, as long as they consist of logically separable elements. The results returned by the described algorithms were compared with results obtained by a survey. The paper discusses the theoretical background, the properties of proposed algorithms together with the sample prototype application.