For a detailed tutorial of ATOMiCS (automated topology optimization using OpenMDAO and FEniCS), please check our online documentations (lsdolab.github.io/atomics/).
To install ATOMiCS and run topology optimization problems, you need to follow these steps:
- Install FEniCS partial differential equation (PDE) solver from https://fenicsproject.org/download/.
- For MAC users, the anaconda installation method is recommend. For Ubuntu users, please just install according to the Ubuntu installation guidline. For Windows users (haven't tested), please try the method of installing Ubuntu subsystem.
- Install
OpenMDAO:
- The installation of OpenMDAO:
pip install 'openmdao[all]'
- Install
ATOMiCS:
git clonethis repository, navigate to the atomics directory. Then, and use the commandpip install -e .to install ATOMiCS.
Other recommandations: while the scipy optimizer in OpenMDAO works for some small scale problems, we recommend IPOPT (https://github.com/coin-or/Ipopt/) or SNOPT (http://ccom.ucsd.edu/~optimizers/downloads/).
Note that SNOPT is a commercial optimizer.