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TopOpt is a Grasshopper tool and a research platform for the implementation of experimental topology optimization procedures targeted towards architectural design of structures. Developed by the Technical University of Denmark, Israel Institute of Technology and Aarhus School of Architecture,  TopOpt for Grasshopper provides a number of optimization methodologies that extends currently available methods based on the 99-line MATLAB code for basic mechanical topology optimization provided by…See More

The Advanced Compuational Modeling group at Thornton Tomasetti uses Grasshopper everyday to enhance workflows amongst many engineering disciplines. We draw a lot of help and inspiration from this community and hope that you will find some of the tools that we have created helpful, too.See More

BEAVER 0.2.0Out now.The BEAVER closes the gap between cybernetic modeling and digital panel fabrication.The BEAVER is a BVX interface that enables you to direct manufacture panels on Hundeggers CNC Panelling machines PBA, SPM2 and SIP. Researchgroup: Technische Universität München Faculty of Architecture Chair for Architectural Informatics Prof. Dr. Frank Petzold Researchers: Stefan Kaufmann, Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Oberbichler, BSc.Chair for…See More

Tools to access data from Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps, GeoData, StockMarket Plus new String, Branch and Image Components Mosquito is a plugin suite developed for Rhino and Grasshopper. The plugin allows us to tap into social , financial and popular media. Extracting location, profiles, images and messages from Facebook,Twitter, Topsy etc….As architects part of our responsibility is the consideration of the public realm. Today however , people tend to hang in the digital equivalent,…See More

The Embryo project aims to apply genetic programming concepts to grasshopper, offering an alternative to top-down visual graph generation and manipulation.See More

Hi David,Projection of a vector onto a plane does not seem to be working correctly in some cases - see attached file.  The result of the vector projection is not in the plane which it is being projected onto.  It seems to work correctly when I create the plane / vector inside GH - not sure why.Cheers,LukeSee More

goat is an optimization solver add-on component. It perfectly complements galapagos, David Rutten's evolutionary solver based on a randomized core. goat pursues a mathematical rigorous approach and relies on gradient-free optimization algorithms, delivering fast and deterministic results. At every run, goat will yield the same optimal result.goat is a drop-in replacement for galapagos. It is based on David Rutten's galapagos GUI and interfaces…See More

A group to explore and develop tools for the interoperation between Grasshopper and Revit.See More

Millipede is a structural analysis and optimization component for grasshopper. It allows for very fast linear elastic analysis of frame and shell elements in 3d, 2d plate elements for in plane forces, and 3d volumetric elements. All systems can be optimized using built in topology optimization methods and have their results extracted and visualized in a variety of ways.In addition millipede implements a few basic geometric features [extraction of iso surface meshes from volumetric scalar fields…See More