Pachyderm Acoustic

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Pachyderm is a plugin largely used by Designers and Scientists alike to simulate acoustics in buildings, rooms, cities, and other settings.

Website: http://www.orase.org
Location: Earth
Members: 185
Latest Activity: Apr 4

Hello Pachyderm Users,

We are going through an exciting period, including the startup of an organization to support the growth of Pachyderm, and extend the educational agenda of the project. In the next few weeks, we will be submitting our long-form 501(c)3 application, which will give us the rights of a not-for-profit organization established in the state of Connecticut. As part of the transition, we are phasing out the old website. The new site will be up in the next few weeks, and you can find it at:

www.orase.org

We are looking forward to the next phase of this project, and we hope that you will be there with us to learn and continue to support us!

kind regards,

Arthur van der Harten

Executive Director

Open Research in Acoustical Science and Education

ORASE

Discussion Forum

Software capabilities 2 Replies

Hi!This is very interesting, but I have some questions about the applicability / limitations of your software. What it can and what it can not do. I am an architect, used to formfinding but am not…Continue

Started by Ludvig Haav. Last reply by Maximilian Hohenzollern Apr 4.

Use pachyderm for street noise analysis and optimization of planning and building geometry solutions? 7 Replies

Hi - Is Pachyderm only for interior acoustic analysis or can I use it to test impacts of street noise? I am trying to position and shape 3 story residential buildings, with possible insertion of…Continue

Started by Matt Winkelstein. Last reply by Arthur van der Harten Mar 18.

Pachyderm does not load 2 Replies

Hi, I loaded Pachyderm into Rino 7 and tried a simple model in a box and it immediately crashed Rhino. I cycled through that a few times with the same result. I off loaded Rhino 7 and re-loaded…Continue

Started by Kenneth W. Martin. Last reply by Kenneth W. Martin Feb 9.

Installation issues 50 Replies

This is a place to ask qustions about installation. Please post your questions here and I will get to them as quickly as I can.Continue

Started by Arthur van der Harten. Last reply by Arthur van der Harten Feb 7.

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Comment by Arthur van der Harten on April 15, 2021 at 9:40pm: Hi Konsta,

I think I need more information. Would you mind emailing me a detailed explanation of the issue you are dealing with?

Info@orase.org

Thanks,

Arthur

Comment by Konsta on February 10, 2021 at 1:01am: Hi everyone!
I have installed Pachyderm on Rhino 6 but it cannot calculate anything. Could be that there is no option to assign a material under materials tab. Any thoughts?

Comment by Behdad on December 15, 2020 at 10:15am: Hello Everyone, I have installed Pachyderm. But when I open the folder of the program in "Program Files", the Rhino Plug-in file does not exist. I have tried to rerun the installation and chose the repair option but it did not solve the problem. Has anyone had this problem before?

Comment by idspaceman on October 1, 2020 at 10:58am: Hi, unfortunately none of the two links to the website work. Both links are broken or lead me to a page with a password protection.

Comment by Arthur van der Harten on September 4, 2020 at 11:56am: Hi Sebastian,

If your model is very complicated, this may be the reason. Occasionally, Rhino encounters a piece of geometry that can't generate a mesh, and then it fails pachyderm. I've tried to catch some of these cases, but some still elude us.

I can help you troubleshoot the model if you like. Can you send me the file to info@orase.org?

Arthur

Comment by Sebastian Novoa on August 31, 2020 at 10:38pm: Hello Arthur,

I'm trying to do a calculation inside a small chamber music hall (~490sqm). After applying a material to every surface and preparing everything (as told in this tutorial https://vimeo.com/247018860) I click on Calculate Solution and the button grays out and the message "Solution exception:Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index" appears and I can't try again until restarting Rhino. I know this has happened before but I can't find a solution. I have a fairly complex geometry with reflective panels hanging from the ceiling, I don't know if it may be affecting. Thank you in advance.

Comment by Petros F. on April 15, 2020 at 10:41am: Hi again Arthur,

Thank for replying, my bad indeed that material coefficient was able to assign data just fine as you mentioned.

I am facing a different problem atm,

Trying to use SurfaceSource, every time I assign a surface as a source Pachyderm won't run the calculations (hybrid model>impulse>calculate solution). The same 3D model will run the calculation with the other sources (dodecahedron, speaking person)

I am a) inserting SurfaceSource b) selecting a source surface c) choosing SPL for every 62.5/.../8000Hz, and I do get the dodecahedron speaker icon over the selected surface. When I hit calculate solution nothing is happening no msg in the command line.

Also when I am in Rhino environment Properties (Rhino Properties>Sound Source Control) when selecting the Surface source the octave/SWL/SPL is not present, at the same time if I choose a different source the chart will present.

Thank you in advance

Comment by Arthur van der Harten on December 16, 2019 at 11:54am: Hi Petros,

I just tested both of those systems, and they seem to be working fine (both openings of .pac1 files, and custom absorption coefficients). However, if you have found something I can't reproduce, the best thing you could do is send me the .pac1 file, so that I can look into it.

Regarding the absorption coefficients, try again. I'm very certain that system works fine.

Arthur

Comment by Arthur van der Harten on December 16, 2019 at 11:52am: Hi Surakist,

Sorry for the long wait. I didn't get a notice that you had posted... Happens sometimes.

First off, what pachyderm is doing is very computationally intensive, so unless the window outright disappears, it has not crashed. You should just wait for it to complete what it is doing.

Second, it is likely that you are using very low absorption coefficients. You should reconsider whether those coefficients are the right ones. There are few places on earth that have that much reverberation.

Let me know if you have additonal questions.

Arthur

Comment by Petros F. on December 14, 2019 at 12:42pm: Hi Arthur thanks for your great plugin and hi everyone,

on "pachyderm hybrid models" window

-I am facing some problems on opening analysis data that was previously saved as a file type ".pac1" from pachyderm.

-Also, I find a problem at the material section, when I assign a custom material on a layer, it will automatically reassign this material to all the project layers. So I am using the "object acoustic setting" at rhino properties to input the absorption material data.

I am running latest pachyderm on windows Rhino 6.

I am just wondering if this is something known or is me doing something wrong.

Best regards