Firefly

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Firefly offers a set of comprehensive software tools dedicated to bridging the gap between Grasshopper, (a free plug-in for Rhino) the Arduino microcontroller and other input/output devices. It allows near real-time data flow between the digital and physical worlds – enabling the possibility to explore virtual and physical prototypes with unprecedented fluidity.

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  • hassan.orion

    m using rhino 4 sr8, which grasshopper version will firefly 3 works? firefly 4 wasnt working withit nor is 3?

    Feb 21, 2011

  • Andy Payne

    Hi Hassan,

    I'm a little confused by your question.  Are you saying that Firefly 1.003 or 1.004 are not working on your machine (with Rhino 4 SR8)?  Have you made sure to remove any previous installation files?  Check these locations to make sure any old installations of Firefly have been removed:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Rhinoceros 4.0\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\Components

    C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Grasshopper\Libraries

    Then, go to www.fireflyexperiments.com and download the latest version (which is 1.005... released last week).  Please follow the installation instructions found on the download page (you have to copy/past two files into the proper directory).  If this is still not working, could you please post a screenshot of the error message or provide a little more information so we can help you debug this problem.

    Thanks,

    Andy

     

    Feb 21, 2011

  • hassan.orion

    Hi ,

     Thanks for helping me out... i just checked , i have rhino Sr7.  my error is same as this one http://www.fireflyexperiments.com/discussions/post/1232576.

    Error something about newer version ... SDK...

    Its mentioned over there that firefly will work on 0.7.0053, but this version is asking for SR8. Now the prob is SR8 s askin for Key which i hav lost ... where can i find SR8 or is there any way of running Firefly on my current settings ( SR7 + 0.6.0059)  as this version is supporting geco and rabbit too

    Feb 27, 2011

  • Andy Payne

    Hi Hassan,

    Unfortunately... there was a big shift in the core infrastructure between the older builds (0.6.0059) and the newer ones 0.8 and higher.  The move was made to make Firefly compatible with the newer version because all future versions of GH would be using this new Rhino common... so unfortunately, Firefly will not run on older versions of GH.  You could try to download and install an evaluation version of Rhino (http://download.rhino3d.com/rhino/4.0/evaluation/download/).  This is a fully functional version, but it will only allow you to save 25 Rhino files.

    HTH,

    Andy

    Feb 27, 2011