Step 1 - Generative Design Framework
Step 2 - Generative Design Study
Step 3 - Generative Design Study Results
The below image is of the Galapagos tool design process:
The Galapagos tool was iterated over 41 generations and reached an optimal design around iteration 10. In theory, the tool could be run until all possible iterations were completed. However, since the inputs are integers there are infinite possibilities. Therefore, the tool was terminated once there was little to no change in the designs. This corresponds to a flat line on the top graph in the image above. The peak value on the top graph from above or the top green bar on the bottom right from the image above indicate the optimal design. The line graph in the center indicate the values over time and displaces their magnitude on the image to the right. The scatterplot on the left of the image indicates possible design options (similarity representations). If there is an “x” that means that iteration was not able to produce a design after that because it would not be an optimal design. Whereas the blue dots mean that the iteration was able to produce an optimal design. If the markers are close together, it means that the optimal design converges around similar values.