Are there any options for the parametric gridshell model?

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Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on July 12, 2012 at 8:29am

Although that article seems to mix up a few concepts, here are couple of tools which may be employed in generative formfinding for shells such as the referred Heinz Isler pavilion and the Great Court Roof:

http://www.food4rhino.com/project/rhinovault

http://www.food4rhino.com/project/kangaroo

If you search the Kangaroo sub-forum here you should find plenty of examples.

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Permalink Reply by spiral on July 12, 2012 at 9:08am

thanks for the link on the optimization of the structure gridshell form, this is what you need. And there are options to build a snail shell shape?

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