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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    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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    Dec 11, 2016

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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

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        Alice Billson

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        Jun 13, 2024