Generative Section Sizing

Overview:

This generative design tool allows the user to generate a series of built-up member section sizes and outputs their strength properties, cost per length, and carbon emissions per length, aiming to increase the efficiency with which custom member sizes are chosen.

• The tool first asks the user to vary dimension-based inputs, including but not limited to the steel yield strength Fy, and member dimensions such as the total height H and the web thickness.
• Next, the tool will ask the user to set certain constraints - recommended is determining a maximum cost of member / unit length (budget) and maximum carbon emissions tons / unit length, as well as a minimum strength parameter.
• Finally, the user can specify the number of studies and generations that they want performed.
• The user will receive a variety of optimized generated sections based upon the specified inputs and constraints. A graph can be produced that displays the correlation between the variables and highlights the section of choosing.

Link to Generative Design Tool:

https://acc.autodesk.com/docs/files/projects/8c5c6f0e-77ad-475c-b808-18ff440afe0a?folderUrn=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Afs.folder%3Aco.qT5vvUtGTtSBn33UpipmTw&viewModel=detail&moduleId=folders

Recorded Video Demo:

Google Docs 3units_DanielWoo_Module8_Demo.mp4