Where should I start?

Grasshopper
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Hi everyone!

I am thinking about using rhino for creating a tool/plugin for building optimization based on weather analysis.

I was thinking about creating a evolutionary algorithm from scratch (not using plugins like Galapagos) and have a connection to a database for further analysis, for weather analysis I was thinking about using ladybug-tools. ​

Do any of you have any idea of where where to start this process and what frameworks I can use.

As for now I was thinking about using grasshopper for design creation and connection to ladybug-tools, and Hops Cpython for creatin of EA and database connection (maybe rhinoCommon could be a possibility?).

Do any of you have any recommendations for another setup for such a problem?

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I know you said you wanted to create your own evolutionary algorithm, but you might also want to take a look at Wallacei:

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Thanks for the respond @Adam_M ! I see that Wallacei is using NSGA II, I was trying to implement NSGA III, and to be honest I wanted to implement the algorithm myself as part of a learning curve. If you were going to implement your own evolutionary algorithm, would you do that directly inside a GHpython component for instance?

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If you can deal with Hops workaround to use CPython and this tool would be for yourself, then I’d try this way, because you can use any weather-related or algorythmic CPython library you want.

If you want it to develop so others will use it: then dealing with C# to make Rhino plugin or Grasshopper plugin would be more convenient for the user.

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I’ll have a look into creating a rhino/grasshopper plugin!

maybe a dumb question, but is it possible to connect to ladybug-tools within my plugin created in C#?

I appreciate the help :slight_smile:

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This is all I found: How to use LB+HB functions in a C# script - scripting - Ladybug Tools | Forum

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