Pachyderm Acoustic

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

  • Impulse response (IR) and auralization grasshopper components

    Hi Arthur,Thank you for your software as usual, it is a great tool !I tried my model using the Pachyderm Rhino interface to auralize and export some impulse responses, and it works like a charm (exported a mono and ambisonics IR as .wav file, and Auralized it with an anhechoic .wav through the…

    By Taha B

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  • Sound Simulation_ Reverberation Time calculation_Inconsistant Results

    Good morning all,I am currently working on the calculation of the reverberation time of different closed spaces. I have a closed geometry (simplified model of the Hypogeum in Malta), and what I did was change the scale of it, so I had 3 versiones in: 1:1 / 1:2 / 1:5. What caught my attention was…

    By Alejandro Estrella

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  • Running Simulation...

    I tried numerous times to conduct a simulation for a simple case study with one receiver and one source, but it took a long time each time, that can reach 20 hours and may not complete the simulation, although, I used several computers with varying specs. How can I solve this problem and shorten…

    By Tarek Kamel

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  • Software capabilities

    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 acoustically trained in any way.I want to optimize the shape of a sound protective fence next to a…

    By Ludvig Haav

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  • Actual reverberation time and error from Pachyderm simulation

    Hi all,I'm currently working on calculating reverberation time using Pachyderm Acoustics.I have a reverberation chamber close to me, and I have an environment where I can check the actual reverberation time.The reverberation chamber of the attached GH file was given a condition of low sound…

    By FUYU

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  • Pachyderm does not load

    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 Pachyderm to no avail. I then purchased Rhino 8 and cycled through the same problem. Now Pachyderm will…

    By Kenneth W. Martin

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  • Mapping surfaces with Grasshopper

    Hi Arthur, First of all, thanks for your previous answers,I was wondering if there was a way to calculate the Mapping Method and see the result directly in Grasshopper? I thought that there was maybe a way with the pach_direct component, but I can't seem to make it work. Do you have an example file…

    By Sandrine Heroux

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  • Pach_Direct component

    Hello,In pach_direct component, there is an input for delays in ms. In the description it ask to input an integer but the category is set to mesh. So when I insert the number it fails to convert the data and when I insert mesh I get the following error. Could you please tell me what should be the…

    By Parikshit Nikumbh

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  • Particles colour in simulation

    Hello everyone!I set the particles to downgrade from red at the beggining (a hot colour) to blue at the end (a cold colour), but when I run the simulation some of the first frames turns from red to a kind of purple and then red again. My deduction is that some of the old particles crash with some…

    By Catherine Granada

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

    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 sound barrier walls or berms and enhanced wall insulation and reduced window sizes, to reduce negative…

    By Matt Winkelstein

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