When you've identified a design challenge in your building project, use the following workflow to generate alternatives with Generative Design in Revit.
Video: Introduction to Generative Design
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| 1. Create a study type. | The
study type defines the logic that generates design alternatives for a particular challenge.
Working with the Revit designer to understand the challenge and its constraints and parameters, a design technologist (Dynamo author) uses Dynamo for Revit to create the study type. |
| 2. Add the study type to the Create Study dialog. | Obtain the study type (as a DYN file and its associated Dependencies folder) from the design technologist. Then place the files in a folder on your local computer or on a mapped network drive, and access this folder from the Create Study dialog. |
| 3. Create a study to generate design alternatives. | On the Create Study dialog, select the desired study type. For each study, you can specify a different generative design method (such as optimize or randomize), inputs, and goals.
If you don't have access to Generative Design in Revit, you can create a study using Dynamo for Revit. |
| 4. Explore outcomes. | When the study completes, examine the design alternatives to understand their inputs and outputs. If needed, create a new study using different criteria to improve the outcomes. |
| 5. Integrate a selected outcome into the Revit model. | When you've decided on the optimal solution, select it in the Explore Outcomes dialog, and click a button to integrate it into the Revit model. |