A method for designing a tyre includes defining at least one profile of
the tyre based on a group of predefined dimensional constraints; defining
at least one additional profile of the tyre based on predefined
dimensional values of structural parts of the tyre; defining, within a
cross-section of the tyre, shapes of the structural parts of the tyre;
and approximating each shape by filling with a respective basic component
depending on a function of the respective structural part. A method for
producing at least one tyre includes obtaining information from a
client's processing system; supplying the information to a manufacturer's
processing system; obtaining manufacturing instructions based on the
information; and manufacturing the at least one tyre using the
manufacturing instructions. The manufacturer's processing system is
connected to a computer-controlled tyre factory via a communications
link. The at least one tyre is manufactured at the computer-controlled
tyre factory.