solve mathematical equation

hello,

is it possible to solve an equation in grasshopper?

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Permalink Reply by Remy (RMDeveloppements) on April 25, 2012 at 10:02am

yes it's possible.

What equation exactly. To provide an example?

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on April 25, 2012 at 10:02am

I agree... definitely possible

EDIT: you edited your answer no fair!

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Permalink Reply by Remy (RMDeveloppements) on April 25, 2012 at 10:05am

LOL

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Permalink Reply by yousef anastas on April 25, 2012 at 10:22am

for example, if i have an equation :

x^2=40

how can i find the value of x in grasshopper ?

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on April 25, 2012 at 10:51am

I'm not sure if I follow.

Do you want to rearrange the equation and there for find the square root of 40

Or do you want to set up a much more complicated equation and have Grasshopper Solve rthe answer using Galapagos.

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Permalink Reply by yousef anastas on April 25, 2012 at 10:56am

thank you! it seems it's the second option. I have a quite complicated equation, with one unknown. I would like grasshopper to find the solution of this equation. Is Galapagos capable of doing this?

Is it a plug in?

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on April 25, 2012 at 11:06am

Galapagos comes with Grasshopper.

You just have to set up the fitness value to be 40 and hit start solver on the solvers tab.

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Permalink Reply by Remy (RMDeveloppements) on April 25, 2012 at 12:18pm

Called me if I'm wrong but if there is only one solution to the equation then would be of no galapagos apart for the understanding.
A simple with compoment f (x) should be sufficient.

Regards

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on April 25, 2012 at 2:25pm

Have you tried Wolfram Alpha?

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by yousef anastas on April 25, 2012 at 6:20pm

I do not really understand how galapagos works. I need to solve an equation that is quite complicated, in my grasshopper definition and extract the result of the unknown value. Is it possible?