Can anyone explain by example how to create a similar tower design by calculating optimised load paths through multiple generations and then interpolating the load path into meaningful geometric parameters?
Depending on the behaviour of the configurable voids, the standards are divided into four clusters. Type Y towers, which are generated by tOpos and have mainly structural branch moments. H-type towers, generated with Ameba, which uses strong mid-level slabs to connect the two halves of the towers. Type X towers, which use large transverse reinforcements to support the half towers. Type Z towers, which have small cross-supporting moments throughout the tower.
Hi @Luis_Rodriguez
You can watch the video tutorials and download example definitions on the official website, but unless you have bought a network license from them, you will have a grid limit in 2d and 3d. By the way that’s why I don’t use Ameba and suggest learning tOpos with Peregrine (there are video tutorials and instructions too).
To design fluid volumes using mesh topology optimization, which I wrote about above, I advise to look for booklets of AADRL students and staff at Issuu - some projects give recommendations and explanations for using tOpos in architectural and landscape design.
Here on the forum, unfortunately, this topic is not developed probably because either they don’t know what to suggest or consider this discussion irrelevant.
Tehy have a free version =, but limited in the nulbers of elements. I also find it annoying to pay, but the quality of Ameba is crazy since the inventor of BESO equations created Ameba, so it is very modern and accurate. Try to fix a student license, it is way cheaper.
Hi,
I’ve abandoned this thread for a couple of years now and I’m not developing or studying topology optimisation via architectural structures. I would help you maybe, but now you should create a new discussion and revive this topic. Also you can find a lot of interesting stuff on Bilibili
The main thing is that after optimisation you have to extract the internal skeleton, the curve framework, on which you then build new clean smoothed subd pipes and meshes
