Getting Started __________________________________________________________________________________
Genoform
Version 2.002 Rel. 28 September 2011
Works with: Rhino/Grasshopper Inventor SolidWorks
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by : Sivam Krish
What is Genoform ? ___________________________________________________________________________
Genoform is a CAD independent generative design method that will enable you to explore thousands of design possibilities based on your CAD model. It’s simple to use. You first create a parametric CAD model driven by parameters. By changing the parameters you can change the designs.
Genoform extracts the driving parameters from your CAD design and generates random variations of it within minimum and maximum values. This min/max range is set by the creativity bar (they can also be set within grasshopper). As you will end up generating thousands of designs, you need to filter them. You can now do this according to your own criteria.
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Genoform (main)
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___________________________________________________________________________ Mark as Like/Dislike
Explore
Set range of exploration
Set no of designs to generate
Click to generate
Shrink the UI
Genoform (main) is a stand‐alone software that communicates with your CAD package. All your design is done in CAD. Genoform induces your CAD to generate designs based on parameters that you set within your CAD program. Genoform allows you to : 1. Generate as many designs as you like 2. Saves images of these designs for selection 3. Filter the generated designs In short, it helps you explore design possibilities by letting you generate and select designs that you like for further exploration and refinement – based entirely on your CAD file. Remember to create or open your CAD file first. You need to save it before you start genoform main.
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Grasshopper / Rhino
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First load the Genoform components into your Rhino>Grasshopper>Components Directory. You should then be able to see the Genoform components under the extra tab.
Main Genoform component: Need to drag and drop this once. This communicates to Genoform Main
Genoform slider : This works like a normal slider. You can set the min and max values
Filter components
Sample Grasshopper file Once you have created the file you need to save the file first. Then open Genoform Main and press Generate Version 2.0.0.2
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Inventor & Solidworks
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Create a CAD model in inventor and save it. Then start Genoform Main. The filter values are set to mass, surface area and volume.
Should be easy to use. Open your CAD file first and then launch genoform.
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Advanced Features
___________________________________________________________________________ Designs : Tabulates the creativity value and the parameter names and values. The Min, Max values are set by the creativity bar, but can be overridden by the values you wish to set. You can do this, by typing in the desired values and by setting the Override value to 1.
Filter : Allows you to filter the designs by filter values. In inventor and Solidworks the filter values are pre-set to Geometry (based on build failure ) surface area and volume. In Rhino these 3 filter values many be manually set. But Rhino will not be able to detect geometry failures as it does not have a geometric kernel for detecting built failure. The like/unlike Colum values are set by the user. The pass fail is determined by anding the rest of the values.
Filter Values : are derived from the CAD package. The scroll bar can be used to set the pass fail range of the filter values.
Settings : the wilder range can be ticked to extend the creativity range beyond 100%
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Saving & Retrieving : You can save and retrieve the generated design data in XML or Excel format using the save and open buttons under the explore tab. Stored Images : The generated images are stored in a folder in the same directory where your designs are stored.
Your Feedback : It is very important to us. Please share your designs and dilemmas in our user forums at www.genoform.com Release notes : TESTED √ Rhino 4 , Grasshopper Build 0.8.005, 8.0051 and Windows 7, Vista and XP √ SolidWorks 2010 (64 Bit) in Windows 7 √ Inventor 2010 (64 Bit) in Windows 7
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