speckle.works

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Speckle does stuff with Grasshopper and the Internet (usually). 

Speckle has quite a rich, albeit short, history: 

1. Speckle The First: http://speckle.xyz

Speckle The First simply allows you to upload geometry to a server and then view it online from anywhere. 

2. Speckle The Second: http://beta.speckle.xyz

Speckle The Second allows you to precompute a discrete portion of your solution space and then play with it online by manipulating sliders, through some quite primitive sliders. 

3. Speckle The Third: http://streams.speckle.xyz

Speckle The Thirds does the same as Speckle The Second (see above), but better and is wrapped in a more attractive ui. 

All the above were experiments in developing a protocol for design data communication that is easy to use and just works. 

Forward to now: https://speckle.works

Speckle enables data rich collaboration between designers: structure your own communications channels and evolve complexity gradually, from simple geometry to fully integrated BIM-like “smart” objects.

Check out the tutorials: 

1. How to install

2. How to send and receive data

3. How to build your own bim

Speckle is Open Source, released under the MIT Licence. That's polite language that you can do whatever the f*** you want with it, including taking the code and start selling it for a profit (as long as you credit). 

Another important thing to note is that we are taking feature requests and we do ask questions, but not in the grasshopper forum: 

We hang out on slack and on the discourse forum.

 

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Beta.Speckle Beta Run

by Dimitrie Stefanescu @idid

Feb 9, 2016

Hello All,

http://beta.speckle.xyz/ is ready for a trial run. If you're interested, use the following beta key to get access: smoothsliders 


Just pop it in the "I have a beta key" field at this link: http://beta.speckle.xyz/beta and you'll be taken to the signup page. 

Possibly the most awaited feature has been implemented: sliders! You can now export from Grasshopper a beta.speckle model, upload it, and then view it online. Some of the new features:

  • Saved configurations: you can store preferred configurations in order to help your users navigate the parametric model or use them to poll your stakeholders about what they appreciate most.
  • Performance measures: display alongside your parameters evaluation criteria like cost, surface, etc. - whatever you can cook up!

All the best,

Dimitrie

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    Martin Siegrist

    Hi, I already have the first speckle version and that worked.

    Today I downloaded the new version.

    I made sure everything is unlocked, yet the BSpk component tuns red when I plug in a slider.

    I uploaded the first example to the website but can't see anything besides a menu that doesn't react to my clicks?

    http://beta.speckle.xyz/view/s/N1J15hG5g

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    Feb 9, 2016

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      Tomaž Berčič

      Dimitrie congrats on your efforts!!

      My questions is it possible to use a predefined view when exporting?

      Can you export the geometry without the sliders?

      Thanks

      T

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      Feb 11, 2016

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        owe

        Hi! I am trying to upload a very basic example to check how Speckle works. I have generated the ".json" files, but no zipped file has been created. I have used win.rar to zip all the instances and then I have uploaded the zipped file but when I click "visualize" the only outcome I get is a black window that says "loading" forver and the model is pretty small so it should not take long to load. What am I doing wrong?

        THX

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        Feb 10, 2017