Kangaroo

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Kangaroo is a Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, optimization and form-finding directly within Grasshopper.

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concrete shell

by zaidoon

Dec 11, 2016

hello everyone,

i am working on my final year project and your help will be greatly appreciated as i have no one to help me here.

im trying to make those concrete shell structures using kangaroo but i have no idea what my starting mesh should be like, i tried a flat surface mesh but it didnt work out the way i wanted so i figured i might be starting with the wrong mesh. 

can someone please suggest a way on how to recreate this? 

( Image from ZHA )

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    Dylan Bush

    here's a basic definition that i think should put you in the right direction. it's a little rough, but it works. Flip the boolean toggle on and off to reset the simulation if you need to. The range for the number sliders is particular to the surface in the rhino file and can vary a ton based on your input geometry.

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      Ukendt Kunstner

      Hi! As Dylan said, image looks like there is a catenary principle gonig on. So you can use gravity force (Kangaroo) to achieve this geometry.

      Here a tutorial on this: 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_db8bHWqc

      Cheers 

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        shehzad irani

        have you tried RhinoVault by BLOCK research group? 

        Easy to learn, hard to master and fast, robust and there is so much documentation !!!

        cheers!

        Dec 11, 2016