gHowl

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gHowl is a set of components which extend Grasshopper's ability to communicate and exchange information with other applications and physical devices.

Website: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ghowl
Location: In Between
Members: 644
Latest Activity: on Saturday

Download the latest set of gHowl components:

gHowl_r50 and example files

Check out the gHowl videos page where you can see how people have been using gHowl.

Our users have connected Rhino and Grasshopper to various protocols, platforms, and softwares including:

Processing

Excel

Open Office

RSS

Arduino

Kinect

Reactivision

openFrameworks

Google Earth

Resolume

VVVV

Pure Data

max/msp

Maya

Kangaroo

TouchOSC

iPhone

Android

Components:

UDP:

UDP Components now have the ability to send and receive to a Multicast group. To send or receive to a Multicast group, make sure you use the IP Range of 224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255.

OSC functionality is provided by the Bespoke OSC Library by Paul Varcholik.

Network Source - Tests the connection of your machine to a network.

UDP Send - Allows the sending of UDP messages over the network. Also allows the sending of OSC messages to OSC enabled software and hardware devices. (Deleting this component in 0.7.0057 crashes GH / Rhino)

UDP Receive - Allows the sending and receiving of UDP messages. Also allows the reception of OSC messages and bundles (from Reactivision for example).(Deleting this component in 0.7.0057 crashes GH / Rhino)

OSC Channel - This component allows the storage of a single OSC Channel. Change the component's nickname to store that address' data.

OSC Dispatch - This component allows the storage of data from multiple OSC addresses.

Spreadsheet:
The spreadsheet components leverage the OpenXML engine. You must have OpenXMLSDKV2.msi installed in order for these components to work. These components read and write *.xlsx files. Supports numerical values and strings.

Spreadsheet Reader - Retrieves spreadsheet data from a file stored on your computer.

Spreadsheet Writer - Allows you to write a spreadsheet file.

XML:
These components retrieve xml data from local and web sources (such as RSS feeds).

Pachube - Retrieves data from a Pachube feed. Must have a valid Pachube API. (Deleting this component after making a connection in 0.7.0057 crashes GH / Rhino)

Pachube Update - Allows you to update a Pachube Feed. The component has variable inputs to enable streaming to various datastreams. Must have a valid Pachube API.

XML Parser - This component parses an XML file stored on your computer or on the web.

XML Writer - Writes out XML

GEO:

These components aid in the mapping and conversion of coordinates from GPS enabled devices to XYZ coordinates.

Format GEO - Takes NMEA formatted GPS coordinates and converts them to Decimal Degrees.

XYZ -> GEO - Maps XYZ coordinates in Rhino/Grasshopper to Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude.

GPS -> GEO - Maps Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude coordinates to XYZ

Elevation Service - This component returns the elevation at the coordinates you supply as inputs. It queries the Google Elevations API to do this. There are some limitations on usage, so be warned.

KML:

KML Exporter - Exports points, curves, and meshes to a KML File. Breps should be meshed before exporting. Brep support will be added soon. Object attributes such as color, transparency, line width, line color, etc will be added soon.

KML Attributes - Adds Fill Color, Line Color, and Line Width to Exported KML Objects.

Discussion Forum

gHowl: Current Status 6 Replies

Currently, the gHowl components support the following:Spreadsheet In: Reading of .xls, .xlsx, and .ods files (requires the installation of Open Office)Spreadsheet Out: Writing of Excel or Open Office…Continue

Tags: open, office, xml, pachube, excel

Started by Luis Fraguada. Last reply by jm Jun 12.

Ghowl xml import /export 5 Replies

Hey againHow does it work if you want to import and export the same .xml file, when the ghowl xml import has 4 output parameters, and the ghowl export has 2 input parameteres ?RegardsContinue

Tags: export, xml, Ghowl

Started by Jesper Hildebrandt Andersen. Last reply by Jesper Hildebrandt Andersen Jun 11.

.xml export 5 Replies

I used ghwol for importing an .xml file, and ghowl for making a string out of it, connecting it to a panel. But since its not possible to stream the file as .xml, what can you then do to get the data…Continue

Started by Jesper Hildebrandt Andersen. Last reply by Giulio Piacentino May 21.

Pachube Read 2 Replies

pachube_read_01.ghI was…Continue

Started by konrad k sobon. Last reply by konrad k sobon May 9.

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Comment by WillemDerks on May 18, 2013 at 9:29am: Thank you very much Djordje!

Comment by WillemDerks on May 18, 2013 at 7:24am: Alternative download location?
Hi is there a known alternative download link other than via Food4Rhino? I'm unable to register at that site as promised confirmation emails are not send.

Thanks

Comment by George L on April 17, 2013 at 5:07am: @Luis:

Hi Luis I have created a new thread with the question.

Url Link: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ghowl/forum/topics/grasshopper-t...

Comment by Luis Fraguada on April 17, 2013 at 12:50am: @George,

Yes, but I still do not understand. The attraction and deformation is calculated in Grasshopper? What are you doing in processing?

In general, you should open a new thread to deal with specific questions as the comments area is not the greates for following up on a topic.

Comment by Rodrigo Romero on April 16, 2013 at 5:43pm: Hi Luis,

i´m attaching the definition i made, i already used the OSC dispatch to collect the data, but data transmission seems to be super slow, does this have to do with the capacity of the wifi network?

the definition is a bit messy, it´s a multiple copy paste from different definitions i found

iphone%20draw.gh

Comment by George L on April 16, 2013 at 4:51pm: @Luis:

I want to send the deformed points but also an attractor point that affects the points dynamically so when attractor changes position, the points are also affected.

Comment by Luis Fraguada on April 16, 2013 at 4:45pm: @ George: Please Clarify a bit, you want to deform a torus in GH and send the deformed points to Processing?

@Rodrigo: Check out the OSC Channel and OSC Dispatch components in order to track a specific device / address.

Comment by Rodrigo Romero on April 16, 2013 at 1:55pm: Hi everyone,

Is it possible for the UDP reciever to collect two sets of data at the same time? I have my iPhone connected using OSC (MRMR) and want to use the tactile screen to draw some curves in rhino. I´ve got everything working, but since the reciever only gets one "message" at a time the curves are not smooth (it only records variations in X-axis, then some in the Y-axis and so on..) The result is a jagged line.

Is it a UDP reveiver problem or that the MRMR application can only send one message at a time? GH.jpg

Comment by George L on April 16, 2013 at 5:22am: Hello,

I'm playing around with examples and I've connected grasshopper with processing via UDP.
I'm sending the division points from a torus from grasshopper and I need also to send an attractor point that will transform the previous points so I will have a new list of points.
Should I send the attractor it self or I need to send both attractor and the new list of points to get the expected result?
Any advice or ideas of how I can do this?

Comment by Luis Fraguada on April 8, 2013 at 11:29am: Hello Brandt,

A few hundred feet seems excessive. I'd have to check out the definition to see what is going on.

Best,

Luis