Preparing multiple potential designs around narrow requirements is seen as some of the most tedious work in design and engineering. But some of that effort can now be automated with the new generative design scripting built into Autodesk Revit 2021.
Generative design is a form of parametric design, where an algorithm is fed preset criteria for a final design and attempts to generate shapes and layouts that meet those requirements. Generative design has been used in limited capacity in architecture and engineering in the past, but Autodesk now offers the ability to run generative design iterations within Revit, using its Dynamo scripting tool. Three sample “studies” are included in Revit 2021, but users are free to write their own generative design parameters in Dynamo.