Genoform + Inventor

Genoform + Inventor __________________________________________________________________________________

Genoform

Version 2.0.0.4

Version 2.004 Nov 2011

www.genoform.com

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.

Version 2.0.0.4

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How does it work ? ___________________________________________________________________________

Mark as Like/Dislike

Explore

Set range of exploration

Set no of designs to generate

Click to generate

Shrink the UI

Genoform is a stand‐alone software that communicates with Inventor. All your design is done in Inventor. Genoform induces Inventor to generate designs based on parameters that you set within Inventor.

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 Inventor file.

Version 2.0.0.4

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by : Sivam Krish

Getting started ___________________________________________________________________________

Here are the steps

1) Create a Inventor file 2) Re‐Name the parameters that you want Genoform to act on (eg. d1@Sketch1 to distance@sketch1) 3) Save your design file 4) Open Genoform (while Inventor is open) 5) Hit the Generate button in Genoform

Have fun 

Every time you change your design file (eg. introduce new parameters) please close Genoform and re‐open it.

Version 2.0.0.4

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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 the filter values are pre-set to Geometry to surface area and volume. The geometry filter detects build failure.

The like/unlike Column values are set by the user to operate. The pass fail is determined by and ing 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% 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.

Version 2.0.0.4

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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 √ Inventor 2010 (64 Bit) in Windows 7

Version 2.0.0.4

www.genoform.com

by : Sivam Krish