By: john pierson

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Laying Out Sheets with Generative Design in Revit

View Packing Revisited In previous posts, we have looked at using Generative Design for Space Layout and Solar Analysis. As you may imagine these examples involve geometry manipulation and early design primarily. What if we wanted to use Generative Design to aid the designer in making decisions for some of the more mundane tasks we have to comp

Driving Revit Elements with Generative Design

Single Objective Optimization for an Umbrella's Orientation Based on Solar Analysis Results Since the introduction of Generative Design in Revit (GDIR), we have been able to communicate with Revit models in really great ways. With this ability to read and write, we gained a new button on the GDIR window.     Gener

Space Planning in Dynamo with DynaSpace – Using Generative Design in Revit

This post serves as a bit of a follow-up to Long's previous post here, Space Planning in Dynamo with DynaSpace. Since that original blog post, there have been a few updates to DynaSpace (included in DynaShape) to enable functionality in Generative Design in Revit (GDIR). As you may know, DynaSpace typically allows the user to manipulate the g