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Lobster

Lobster is a tool for solving the inverse-kinematics of 6-axis robot arms

Oct 20, 2011

24 Comments

James Coleman commented on Mike Calvino's photo

Parametric Serpentine Boardwalk CNC cut files

"Ah, I see now."

Sep 2, 2011

James Coleman commented on Mike Calvino's photo

parametric serpentine boardwalk

"What is parametric about this boardwalk?"

Sep 2, 2011

James Coleman replied to James Coleman's discussion 0.8.0013 not playing nice: NET.Error

"Ah, skipped that version. Thanks! "

Jul 18, 2011

Pieter Segeren replied to James Coleman's discussion 0.8.0013 not playing nice: NET.Error

Jul 18, 2011

James Coleman posted a discussion

0.8.0013 not playing nice: NET.Error

Having a bit of trouble initializing. I worked my way through the errors without success. Ideas would be most appreciated! Cheers, JamesSee More

Jul 18, 2011

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James Coleman replied to Matt Trimble's discussion Inverse Kinematics

"Hey Matt, Take a look at Andy Payne's work, he completed just what you are describing in our 'How to make almost anything class'. He's at Lift architects Cheers, James"

Jan 8, 2011

James Coleman posted a blog post

LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR Grasshopper Workshop @3rdWARD Brooklyn, Ny

3RDWARDWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:Cover the Ward! We invite students and professionals to attend 2 weekend workshops exploring the exciting world of Digital Design + Fabrication. The workshop will introduce participants to Parametric Design strategies and conclude with the fabrication and installation of a new canopy over the 3rd Wardcourtyard. A reception will follow the completion of the project on April 25th, join…See More

Mar 25, 2010

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Alpha222 commented on James Coleman's photo

HOPPER_Eco_01

"Hi James，great work！! I have been interested in your project for a long time about the "Ecotect-Excel-Grasshopper Data Matching" process. You mentioned you use "Read File" component,and we all know that the "Read File"…"

Feb 15, 2010

James Coleman replied to yshai's discussion Physical surface curve intersect using trees

"A screenshot would be helpful in explaining a solution, probably a few different ways to sort it out."

Feb 15, 2010

James Coleman commented on James Coleman's photo

HOPPER_Eco_01

"Hi Tom, Sharing this file is impossible because we were hired by KPF to produce it and it really is too big to share! If you tell me more about what you would like to gain from it I could try and send you something similar."

Feb 15, 2010

James Coleman commented on James Coleman's photo

HOPPER_Eco_01

"Hello Ivan, In this case we used the "Read File" component and exported our data out of Excel as a CSV, there are many other options for accomplishing this depending on your agenda."

Feb 15, 2010

James Coleman posted an event

Parametric Design + Fabrication Workshop at 3RDWARD Brooklyn

April 17, 2010 to April 25, 2010

Cover the Ward! We invite students and professionals to attend 2 weekend workshops exploring the exciting world of Digital Design + Fabrication. The workshop will introduce participants to Parametric Design strategies and conclude with the fabrication and installation of a new canopy over the 3rd Ward courtyard. A reception will follow the completion of the project on April 25th, join the fun!The focus of the workshop will be an in depth look at Rhino’s graphical algorithm editor Grasshopper,…See More

Feb 15, 2010

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Ivan O'Garro commented on James Coleman's photo

HOPPER_Eco_01

"Hello James, I'm new to GH. Very interesting application. How did you connect the Excel spreadsheet to GH?"

Feb 11, 2010

James Coleman replied to Charles Aweida's discussion Planar Surface From Edge Curves

"Hey Charles, You are sending a tree of data into the planar component, you can see the difference in line types entering and exiting the component. It may be as simple as flattening the data before using the planarsrf component. There are a number…"

Dec 20, 2009