sdq / GRIDS

Implementation of the MILP-based grid-layout generation algorithm

GRIDS LayoutEngine

By Niraj Dayama, Kashyap Todi, Taru Saarelainen, Antti Oulasvirta

Copyright (c) 2020 Aalto University. All rights reserved.

The layout engine implements the MILP optimiser used by GRIDS. It is implemented in Python, and uses the Gurobi optimiser.

Requirements

1. Python 3.0
2. Gurobipy (Gurobi Optimiser for Python)

How to use

To run the optimiser with an input JSON file (example file included in directory), execute the following command in terminal:

python StartMe.py <PATH_TO_JSON_INPUT_FILE>

The generated output JSON files will be saved in the present working directory. To view the JSON files, you can use the layout viewer app available at: https://kashyaptodi.com/jsonviewer/