goat

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Description

goat is an optimization solver add-on component. It perfectly complements galapagos, David Rutten's evolutionary solver based on a randomized core. goat pursues a mathematical rigorous approach and relies on gradient-free optimization algorithms, delivering fast and deterministic results. At every run, goat will yield the same optimal result.

goat is a drop-in replacement for galapagos. It is based on David Rutten's galapagos GUI and interfaces NLopt, a collection of mathematical optimization libraries.

Tutorials

For getting started with optimization in parametric modelling environments in general and with goat in special, check out our presentation slides on Geometry and Optimization with several comprehensive examples.

Once you are familiar with the basics of optimization, head over to our comprehensive documentation on goat's different configuration options.

Discussions Members

Goat 2.1 No Activation dialog!!!

by I_M_F [Iker Mugarra Flores]

Feb 26, 2014

Hi,

I just downloaded the files and follow step by step the installation and when I double click the goat componet on the gh canvas does not do anything and the activation dialog doesn´t appear....

I also have try to un-install the software and instaling it again and no success...

what should I do? ....

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    I_M_F [Iker Mugarra Flores]

    any idea what is happening?

    Mar 1, 2014

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      Simon Flöry

      Hi,

      I just tested goat on the very same configuration without any problems. Please check the following:

      - You installed goat to Grasshopper's Components directory.

      - In the Components directory, you have two sub-folders called "goat_32bit" and "goat_64bit", each of them containing a single file "goat_nlopt.dll"

      - You have checked for no blocked text in the file properties of "goat_includes.gha" and "goat_main.gha".

      best, simon

      Mar 3, 2014

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        I_M_F [Iker Mugarra Flores]

        Hi Simon,

        yes I have tried everything and nothing, I don't know what is happening.

        I actually ask my associate what was happening? and he said that previously he tried to installed in my pc and the first time he did it the dialogue windows appeared and apparently he putted his own and old security key password, when he tried to run it by double clicking the icon, he told me nothing happened.

        Previously I did not know this, so I have been trying to uninstall it and installing but the icon doesn't work still what can I do?...

        for me this is a big problem as I am a tutor at the UCL and I normally teach as part of the educational material Galapagos - Goat and octopus, so I am missing just goat and is really a shame that I can show it...

        best

        Iker

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        Mar 5, 2014