PhD by design candidate and Emtech graduate Mohammed Makki, PhD by design candidate Milad Showkatbakhsh – both studying under the directorship of Dr. Michael Weinstock – and Emtech graduate Yutao Song, have successfully released a new plugin for Grasshopper 3D called ‘Wallacei’.

Wallacei, a new plugin for grasshopper 3D, is an evolutionary engine that allows users to run evolutionary simulations through utilising highly detailed analytic tools coupled with various comprehensive selection methods, including algorithmic clustering, to assist users to better understand their evolutionary runs, and make more informed decisions at all stages of their evolutionary simulations; including setting up the design problem, running the evolutionary algorithm, analysing the outputted results and selecting the desired solution or solutions for the final output. Wallacei also provides users with the ability to select, reconstruct and output any phenotype from the population after completing their simulation.

The free plugin is streamlined to give users efficient access to the data outputted by their evolutionary simulations, and enable clear and efficient methods for analysis and selection – The aim is for users (of all degrees of expertise) to better understand their evolutionary simulations, gain a thorough understanding of the outputted numeric values, and seamlessly extract the optimised data; all within one user interface.

Wallacei also has a full tutorial series on how to use the plugin, and an official Wallacei primer, that goes through all the features and functions of the plugin. To learn more about the software, and to access the tutorials and download the Primer, visit the Wallacei website at:  https://www.wallacei.com/