Phänotyp

by bewegende Architektur e.U.
with support from Karl Deix

Phänotyp is an Add-On for Blender 3D
https://www.blender.org/

It allows to perform genetic mutation of architectural structures. Furthermore it can be used to analyze moving shapes. This is especially useful when working on kinematic architectural projects. The tool is focusing on early stages of the design process and can be used for free without any warranty. If you want to participate in the project please get in contact via:
chris@bewegende-Architektur.com

Analysis is done with PyNite from JWock82 (Craig):
https://github.com/JWock82/PyNite

GA based on the approach by Atul Kumar:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/genetic-algorithms/

Material properties are taken from:
https://www.johannes-strommer.com/formeln/flaechentraegheitsmoment-widerstandsmoment/
https://www.maschinenbau-wissen.de/skript3/mechanik/festigkeitslehre/134-knicken-euler

Sorttable by Stuart Langridge is used to organize the results:
https://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/

Getting started

You can find three quick tutorials on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/shloSw9HjVI
https://youtu.be/i-5duKyuBiU
https://youtu.be/F5ilsBDoIkY

Installation

download Phaenotyp.zip
start Blender 3D
go to Edit / Preferences
switch tab to Add-ons
click Install ...
navigate to Phaenotyp.zip
click Install Add-on
check the box Phänotyp

Update

go to blender Edit / Preferences
remove the old version
restart blender
follow steps from Installation

Compatibility

Please be aware that we focuse on the latest version of Blender 3D only. Right now this is 3.5. Any version before geometry nodes is not supported. We are testing Phänotyp on linux and windows only. Anyway: We recevied possitive feedback, that it is running on mac also. Just drop an issue via github, if you face any issues.

Wiki

Finde further infos and examples:
https://phaenotyp.bewegende-architektur.com/