SkinDesigner

SkinDesigner is a Grasshopper plugin that enables the rapid generation of facade geometries from building massing surfaces and repeating, user-defined panels. 

To install:

1-Make sure you have Rhino 5 and Grasshopper installed, or Rhino 6.
2-Install GHPython from here (Rhino 5 only).
3-Select and drag all the userObjects (downloaded here) onto your Grasshopper canvas.
4-Restart Rhino Grasshopper.

Check out our example files  to get yourself familiar with typical SkinDesigner workflows. Also SkinDesigner Tutorials will be posted in this YouTube playlist as they become available. 

You should also feel free to post any questions, feature requests, or bug reports to the SkinDesigner Grasshopper Group  as discussions. Finally, SkinDesigner is an open source project and all of the project’s source code is visible on SkinDesigner’s Github site as well as within the Grasshopper components (by double-clicking on them). 

  • Surface Panel Mode Not Working With Trimmed Surfaces

    Hi Santiago,I would like to ask another question. I am trying to use Surface Panel Mode. It works well for Untrimmed Surfaces but when I try to provide Trimmed Surfaces as input surfaces then it does not recognize this kind of surface. Is it an intrinsic behavior of the Skindesigner or am I doing…

    By Usmi H

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  • Request to fix the Bug or issues on "SD DynamicGeoemtry with PanelFunctions"

    Hi Santiago,Thank you for sharing this amazing development of SkinDesigner. I think it is so helpful to design facade.Currently I am learning about SkinDesigner from the shared examples in Rhino7.However, I found out that some scripts do not work in the current version of Rhino 7.For example, when…

    By Hyunsik Mun

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  • Changing the Corner Point to Start Placement of Panels

    Hi Santiago,I would like to ask if there is a method to change the point from which the panels start to be placed. Normally, the point is the left lower corner point (in red) of the surface. Is there a way I can change that point to the left top corner point (in green)? So the empty space stays…

    By Usmi H

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  • Slanted Panels

    Hello Santiago,I looked online through various tutorials but could not find an answer. Is it possible to make slanted panels that follow a surface that is not just a vertical extrusion. I attached a photo of what I mean. Thank you

    By Vas

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  • SURFACE-PANEL Mode Panel max Width-Height dimensions

    Hi Usmi,For some reason I can't reply to your posts in the previous thread. But since the questions have evolved anyways to some other areas of the tool I thought won't hurt to create a new post and repost your questions. See my answers below:Hi Santiago,I have watched your tutorial and this…

    By Santiago Garay

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  • Is possible add multilayer geometry in Custom System?

    Hi Santiago, I have problem using CUSTOM SYSTEM PANEL. Im trying to add some differents geometries and divide then in differents layers, but all the elements always appear together in the _P_CustomGeo layer.For example, I add one image of two types of panels that i need to add geometry with…

    By Juan Pablo Argentina

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  • Method to Turn "Bake" Option OFF for Skindesigner

    Hello everyone,I would like to know if there is a way I can turn the bake feature off when I activate the panels. It is a built in function as you know and sometimes it takes very long to bake the panels in the Rhino viewport. Is there a way that we can turn that off and link it with a rectangle…

    By Usmi H

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  • Grasshopper Geometry

    Hi Santiago,Do you have tutorial on how to use grasshopper geometry by operating on the skinBaydata and SkinPanel data outputs in skin generator ?Best,Jihn

    By Jihn Eric

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  • multiple questions

    Hi Santiago,Ive got another couple of questions.1. how to reverse the panel direction outward?2. how to make panels follow perfect curve?3. how to create panels without wall behind?4. Each panels have double glass surface. Im having trouble importing it to Lumion and applying glass materials. Is…

    By Jihn Eric

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  • Skin Generator Parameters v0.5

    Hi,A user was asking specific information about the Skin Generator parameters ("SkinDesigner Skin Parameters v0.5" dropdown). Even though most of them can be seen in action throughout the tutorials, they may not always give you a clear picture of their precise functionality.  I thought this may be…

    By Santiago Garay

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