Chicago Innovate Cyclops  (Virtual)

Chicago Innovation Tech 2022 seeks to bring and create a pipeline of innovation, research, and start-ups with focus on solving and promoting innovation in the architecture, engineering, construction and operation industry (AECO). This event is a multidisciplinary collaboration of local design technologists , engineers, designers and technology enthusiasts practicing in the AEC industry. We believe this event has the potential to foster innovation and create local incubators in the area. We see this symposium and masterclass as the first steps to a new discourse in technology and innovation in the Chicago area.

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Advancements in GPU-accelerated ray tracing have transformed our ability to conduct city-scale environmental analyses in near real time. This hands-on workshop presents reproducible workflows for GPU-based evaluation of solar obstruction, daylight autonomy, and cumulative radiation at three hierarchical levels of the built environment—façades, individual buildings, and urban districts. The workshop is structured into two modules: (1) Foundations of Environmental Analysis, illustrated with industry case studies; and (2) Analysis Methodologies for near real time, Performance-Driven Design. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be equipped with scalable workflows for rapid environmental assessment, ready to integrate into architectural, urban or research projects.Keywords:Environmental Simulation; Grasshopper; Performance-Driven DesignSoftware:Rhino 8, Grasshopper, Cyclops (1.2) pluginPrerequisites:Intermediary Grasshopper proficiencyCyclops is an environmental analysis plugin for Grasshopper in Rhino 3D developed by Foster + Partners. It significantly accelerates raytracing-based simulations by leveraging state-of-the-art GPU computing.Cyclops is compatible with <a href="https://www.rhino3d.com/" title="https://www.rhino3d.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rhino 7 and 8</a> on Windows.It requires an NVIDIA GPU of compute capability 5.0 (Maxwell) or higher. This means most modern NVIDIA GPUs will work, for a complete list of supported GPUs see the <a href="https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus" title="https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NVIDIA CUDA GPUs</a> page.Cyclops also requires an NVIDIA driver of version 536.25 or higher. The driver version can be checked in the NVIDIA Control Panel and updates can be downloaded from the <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/" title="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NVIDIA website</a>.

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