Evolving scenarios

Ask AIDRA to synthesise data, generate insights and update allocations

When you use the evolve button, you instantly update allocations ensuring every group is allocated the right amount of space, near to connected groups and without disruption from unnecessary moves.

Tips for using evolve:

  1. Evolve as many times as you like - if you don't like the first solution, evolve again. Make copies of your scenarios to try out different combinations of tools.

  2. You can enter as many requirements as you need before each evolution. In other words, you don't need to evolve each time you enter a new requirement.

  3. AIDRA learns your organisation's preferences and patterns the more you use gospace, so solutions will improve the more the system is used. When you activate a scenario, you are signalling to AIDRA that a solution is an ideal fit.

  4. If you don't want a floor to change use the Freeze function (see below).

  • Minimum disruption: AIDRA will achieve the best solution while moving the fewest groups possible, but will still prioritise super links.

  • Maximum connectivity: AIDRA will meet as many of your connectivity requirements as possible, with as many group moves as required to do so.

Allocate by zone

All buildings can be set up with predefined zones which divide the floorplan. To view the designated zones in your building, use the Show zones toggle on the plan view which will temporarily re-colour workpoints as zones.

Under evolve settings, Allocate by zone restricts each group to one zone so that they will not be split across zones when evolving. Note that using allocate by zone can result in reductions in the number of workpoints allocated to groups if group targets are larger than zones.

Select Allocate by zone prior to using evolve.

Flexed groups and allocate by zone

When you use allocate by zones, groups are restricted from splitting across zone boundaries, but they may move around the floor or building to find zones that are a better fit or to be closer to their connections. To evolve groups within their currently allocated zones only, set the groups to flex.

Social distancing

Under AIDRA settings you'll find the social distancing toggle, which allows you to instantly allocate each workpoint at a set distance from the next. The distance is set from the center of a workpoint to the center of the next workpoint. To set a precise distance, use the left and right keys on your keyboard to move the slider.

The freeze function

Freeze floors to keep them completely unchanged while evolving, enabling you to isolate solutions to specific floors of your building. Select multiple floors and freeze them as needed, such that the floors are entirely untouched when each evolve is performed. The freeze on the floors remains until you remove it.

  • Click the snowflake next to each floor that you would like to freeze. The snowflake will remain blue while freeze is activated. To unfreeze your floors, click again on the snowflake.

  • To quickly unfreeze all floors, use the snowflake beside all floors to freeze and then unfreeze all floors at once. You can also use this feature to freeze entire buildings in a multi-building scenario.

  • Your floors will stay frozen even after evolving and until you unfreeze them, allowing you to try out multiple solutions for the rest of your building over time.

AIDRA settings

When evolving with AIDRA, you have several options to customise the solution, most of which can be applied simultaneously and can involve competing requirements.

  • Consolidation

    • Auto consolidation

    • Manual consolidation

  • Group flexibility

    • Fix

    • Flex

    • Free

  • Freeze

  • Social distancing

  • Allocate by zone

  • Pin targets

Freeze

When freeze is used, the frozen workpoints will be entirely excluded from a solution. However, you should be aware that this may affect any groups that are allocated to the frozen floor and elsewhere in the building(s).

  • Auto consolidation: frozen workpoints are not taken into consideration for auto-consolidation.

  • Manual consolidation: frozen workpoints are not taken into consideration for manual consolidation.

  • Social distancing: frozen workpoints are not taken into consideration for social distancing.

  • Target:

    • Workpoints of a group allocated to a frozen area will keep their allocation, regardless of target count. This means, allocated workpoints will not always match the requested target, even if the target is pinned.

    • Groups that are allocated to a frozen floor and have not met their target will have their target allocated elsewhere in the building, as the floor is frozen not the actual group.

Group flexibility

  • Auto consolidation: workpoints allocated to fixed groups are not considered for auto-consolidation.

  • Manual consolidation: fixing a group supersedes manual consolidation. That is, workpoints allocated to a fixed group cannot be consolidated.

  • Consolidation (auto and manual) supersedes flex groups when flex groups are in a consolidated area.

  • Social distancing:

    • Fixed groups will spread out to create social distance, but will retain the same number of workpoints. Groups that are not fixed when social distancing is applied will generally have their number of allocated workpoints reduced to accommodate the additional space required.

  • Splits across floors:

    • Fixed groups keep their splits unless their target is low enough to be de-allocated from the floors where they have the lowest allocated workpoint count.

    • Flex groups will keep their splits only when they cannot be reduced to a lower number of allocated floors by their target.

Allocate by zone

  • Fixed groups are allowed to be allocated across multiple zones. Their allocation needs to be exactly the same except when the target has been reduced. If the target is reduced, fixed groups lose allocation from those zones where they have the lowest workpoint allocation count.

  • Flexed groups are restricted to a single zone, the same as free groups.

  • Groups with pinned targets supersede allocation by zone. If a group has a fixed target, it must reach its target and it should be split across zones if required.

Multi-building

  • No group is allowed to be split across buildings in a multi-building scenario. To manually allocate a group into a second building within a scenario, you must first unallocate the group from the first building. Groups cannot be duplicated in two buildings in a multi-building scenario.

  • When using auto consolidation in a multi-building scenario, the system will move a flexed group from the flexed floor if the entire building can be consolidated. If you prefer the group not to move, they should be fixed instead.

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