y to make take less time. the shading element consists of like 12 planar surfaces, so as mush as i guess no modeling problem. Let me add when I only test one planar surface it runs quicker
Thanks in advance…
which doesn't exist in the actual problem spec. If galapagos is allowed to change the column position in all possible directions, it is less likely to get stuck in some local optimum.
Let's assume that (all other things being equal) column 20 would yield the best possible answer. The current state of the system though is at column 26, which is pretty good too, just not as good. Galapagos is more likely to 'mutate' the state a little bit instead of a lot, so it'll explore the columns near 26. However 20 isn't near 26 at all, only 25 and 27 are nearby, and maybe 24 and 28. But they'll all worse answers, so after sampling in those directions GP will abandon that as fruitless.
If however you specify the columns using two variables, then the columns near 26 are 20, 25, 27 and 32. That's a far richer space to explore which much better approximates the real problem.…
I would now like to do is "combine" (only count once) the panels that are stacked vertically between the domain. (I've only got 3 surfaces selected to cut down on the confusion)The domain is the horizontal lines on the object to the ground plane. so Level 1 is 0-8'-7 3/4". Level 2 is 8'-7 3/4" - 15'-3 3/4". ect.
The approach is that the panels that are stacked on top of each other have the same x,y coordinate so they can be separated and counted as 1 instance in the final count.
I started trying to deconstruct the points and create sets of each x and y value but I've got no idea where to go from there. Any have any ideas?
Excel File being referenced looks like this:
Ground
0
1
8.6458
2
15.0625
3
22.375
4
28.5
5
35.333
6
42.2708
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ut no luck so far...
and for some reason, the number of curves in the lists is double what I think it should be... for instance, if I create a series of 20 curves (20 stories of the building), the output at the end of the definition says "40 locally defined values" ... not sure if this is a problem...…
tected that I get the same error always.
If you download this example and redimension the slider to 20, if you set it to 10, 12 or 19, you lose first row of points in surface.
http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/content/upload/files/DivideSurface.zip
Best.
p.s. I hope to debug this ussing VB.NET soon :)…