karamba - parametric structural analysis

karamba is an interactive structural analysis program at the interface between architecture, design and engineering. It closes the gap between parametric design and statical assessment.

 

If you would like to test karamba download it from

http://www.karamba3d.com/downloads/

or 

http://www.food4rhino.com/project/karamba

 

Please follow this link and fill out the contact-form to be informed about developments, updates and news.

 

  • dvdrbls

    any examples or samples of work made with it?

  • Karamba3D

    after installation examples are typically in the folder:

     

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Rhinoceros 4.0\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\Karamba\Examples

  • Tudor Cosmatu

    looks really neat!

    i m having some problems though, the model component (even when running the example files keeps throwing back an error):

    Solution exception: The type initializer for 'fem.karambaPINVOKE' threw an exception

    I'm running Gh 0.8.0004

     

    Thank you in advance for any suggestions

  • Karamba3D

    please try again with gh 0.8.0003 !

    we did not check with 0.8.0004 yet

  • Sebastien Perrault

    Running the example files (with GH 0.8.0003) I get the same error :

    'fem.karambaPINVOKE'

    ??

  • Karamba3D

    Did you install Karamba with Administrator rights? After installing Karamba there should be three new files on your computer: 'karamba.dll' and 'libiomp5md.dll' in the 'Grasshopper'-folder and 'Karamba.gha' in the 'Components'-folder of Grasshopper. You should check whether that's the case.

    I did now some preliminary tests with Karamba and GH 0.8.004 on a XP-machine and did not encounter any problems.

  • Sebastien Perrault

    Both files are in the folder, I tried on several computers running XP, with GH 0.8.0004 or GH 0.8.0003, but I still have the same message from the analysis component. I don't understand !

     

     

  • Tudor Cosmatu

    i have checked the 3 files as well. They are in the specified folders, but still it gives me the same error. thanks in advance!

  • Romana Suitner

    nice!

     

  • Sebastien Perrault

    Well, it works with on a 64bits W7 with Rhino 4 SR8 and GH 0.8.0004.

    Realy nice tool, thanks !

  • Tudor Cosmatu

    Hello Sebastien,

    Maybe you can help me out.... i have the same configuration as you are describing. tried uninstalling/reinstalling... the analysis model assembly still throws the same error. all the other components from this plugin work just fine.

     

    thanks again.

  • Jaeman PARK

    Is there some problem in your website? I can't download anything.

  • Karamba3D

    in some cases there seems to be a problem with internet-explorer and the newest beta release of firefox to download from http://twl.uni-ak.ac.at/karamba. we will try to fix these issue soon!

  • Kristjan

    I had the same error in Analysis component "fem.karambaPINVOKE" but for me, it helped when I checked "Memory load *.GHA assemblies using COFF byte arrays" in GrasshopperDeveloperSettings (type it in Rhino command line).
  • Tudor Cosmatu

    Kristjan!!!

     

    Thank you :) didn t think that this little thing could affect it! Fianaly works!

     

  • Karamba3D

    karamba 0.9.01 is out!

    there was a minor bug in 0.9.0 that could under certain circumstances display incorrect results.

    this is fixed.

     

    please download at


    http://twl.uni-ak.ac.at/karamba/index.php?section=download

     

    thanks to all of the more than thousend people downloaing karamba in the last 10 days!

     

    happy christmas

     

    karamba

  • Miklós Hatvani Deák

    Thanks ! Happy Christmas for you too ! Is it working with GH 8.0083 too ?
  • Miklós Hatvani Deák

    8.0003 :)
  • Alexander

    when will this great plugin gonna work in rhino 5?
  • Karamba3D

    Hi bluelotus0107,

     

    Rhino 5 will be supported soon.

     

    We are currently extending Karamba with a graph library and working on different things like a mutithreaded loop and exporter components. When these are finished we will port the plug-in to Rhino 5.

  • corneel cannaerts

    nice tool!

     

    thanks.

  • Robert Vier



    http://rapidshare.com/files/449712640/Karamba_Galap_Shell.3dm

    http://rapidshare.com/files/449712660/Karamba_Galap_Shell.ghx

     

    there also are some videos posted by karamba,

    and karamba's install file comes with simple examples.