Space Frame Optimization

[BA]

For those of you starting up this summer, I'll throw out a link to a piece of software that I developed as a grad student at the University of Idaho. The software uses genetic algorithms to optimize space frames for size and shape. The guys at UI have been beta testing the software for me, but I'd like to open it up to more users.

Take a look, give it a go round -- it's free to use (and rework for those programmers out there) under an open source liscence. You can also post bugs and feature requests on the project site. Give it a shot!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/esop/


Brian Auer
Vandals Racing 2002-2005

[BA]

Thanks to everybody who has taken an interest in the software -- there have been 83 downloads since I posted the link on Thursday!

If anybody is having problems with aspects of the software, bring them up. Both years that UI students used it, they had the same questions and problems. Plus I'm planning on doing updates this winter and I'd like to know what to focus on.

Brian

[Sam Zimmerman]

BA, email me.

szimmerman at spraycool.com