Pylos

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For PA's and PM's

Understand the what, when, and how of pushing your projects with resources sorted by phase. Strategies by Phase

Lunch and Learns

The PPT is helping design teams connect concepts with action in the design process through our lunch and learns. 2020 Lunch and Learns

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Phases

Explore strategies by project phase and see when and how to best engage with your projects. See the analysis menuSee all strategies

  • Programming
  • Pre Design
  • Schematic Design
  • Design Development
  • Construction Documents
  • Construction Administration
  • Procurement
  • Post Construction
Themes

You can also find design and analysis strategies related to a specific theme or certification category. More about themes

  • Biophilia
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Games
  • Goal Setting
  • Passive Strategies
  • Site Analysis
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Ventilation
Guides

Tutorials with easy to follow steps that take you from question to answer for a variety of tasks and analysis. Browse guides

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Blocks

These are the building blocks of computational design that you can plug into your tool, analysis, or design process already made. Learn about blocks

  • Example Files
  • Grasshopper
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Presentations & Samples

This is a collection of presentations, workshops, and lunch & learns that can help you boost your knowledge about high performance design. Explore presentations

  • Lunch and Learns
  • Workshops
  • Documentation Samples
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Tools

Dive into the programs, plugins, scripts, and in-house tools ZGF has to push project design and performance. Learn about tools at ZGF

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Dependencies

Tools and dependencies are the same thing in Pylos except that some blocks or guides require specific tools to work. Those are dependencies. Finding and installing dependencies

  • Example/tutorial resources
  • Get started with Revit addins
  • Get started with Grasshopper plugins
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Troubleshooting

Getting new tools and dependencies to work can require a little help. Help track issues for tools that dont work and suggest new tools we should have on Pylos.

  • Suggest a tool
  • Tools Issues List
  • Block/Guide Issue List
  • Tracking Issues on Pylos
Apps on Pylos

There are a number of apps that have been adapted for use in Pylos from custom tools to manage Revit in the cloud to external tools like Design Explorer.
Using and Creating Apps

Design Explorer

From contributing and sharing resources to assisting with the platform itself, we are always looking for a helping hand.

  • My Datasets
  • Shared Datasets
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Charts

Paste in your spreadsheet data and easily create custom data visualizations. Launch Charts

Hydrashare

The precursor of Pylos is Hydrashare, a place for the makers of Ladybug and Honeybee to share example scripts. Hydrashare on Pylos

Forge

We are building out custom tools that can audit and modify Revit projects in the cloud, they will show up here. ZGF Forge Apps

About Pylos

Pylos is a platform for sharing design tools, tutorials, and guides intended to make computational and high performance design more accessible.

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    Pylos is the product of the Computational Design Group and the Project Performance Team (PPT) as well as everyone who has contributed.

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    This is a collection of presentations, workshops, and lunch & learns that can help you boost your knowledge about high performance design.

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    Pylos

    This is a repository of computational and analytical design tools used at ZGF, learn more →
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    Pylos last compiled on March 25, 2020