ics/rhino-grasshopper-controller-by-sam-bernaerdt) on my laptop and it worked fine.
Since my desktop doesn't have wifi, I ordered a usb wifi adapter, this one to be exact http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300Mbps-Wireless-USB-2-0-WiFi-Network-Card-LAN-Adapter-Dongle-Laptop-PC-Antenna-/251125563058?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item3a783ffeb2
However the exmaple file doesn't work and I get this
I guess there's a difference in the way the usb wifi works as opposed to my inbuilt laptop one. Has anyone had this problem or know a way to fix it?
Thanks
P.s While on the subject, I am unable to use the example definition at university, which I assume is due to stricter firewall rules, but is there any other way around this other than actually getting them to change the firewall settings?…
ld not load file or assembly 'ETABS2013, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified
The funny thing is I am using the exact same code in a console app and it works like a charm. The code goes like this:
string pathtoetabs = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Computers and Structures\\ETABS 2013\\ETABS.exe";
System.Reflection.Assembly ETABSassembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(pathtoetabs);
ETABS2013.cOAPI ETABS = (ETABS2013.cOAPI)ETABSassembly.CreateInstance("CSI.ETABS.API.ETABSObject");
I was suspecting it was a 64/32 bit architecture clash somewhere, but I can't seem to figure this one out. For what its worth, I'm getting this warning as well:
There was a mismatch between the processor architecture of the project being built "MSIL" and the processor architecture of the reference "ETABS2013, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=AMD64", "x86". This mismatch may cause runtime failures. Please consider changing the targeted processor architecture of your project through the Configuration Manager so as to align the processor architectures between your project and references, or take a dependency on references with a processor architecture that matches the targeted processor architecture of your project.
This goes away if i compile to x86, however, i still get the error above on the GH component when i try to run it.
Any thoughts?…
ject that involves the design of an app that allows people to interact with a 3d model through some sliders.)
Ok, imagine you have a symmetrical shape like the one i drew:
What I intend to do is to have different 3 sliders that allow me to adjust the 3 distances (x, y, z) independently of one another.
-1st question: my idea is to draw the curves in rhino, then use the "divide" and "list item" components to extract the points I need. Is it correct? :D
-2nd question: the "move away from" component can be used in a symmetric way?
(I try to be more specific: with only one slider, can I move both points 5 and 6 simultaneously about the axis i drew?)
-3rd question: is there a way that allows the curves to reshape themselves as I move the slider related to the distance between a couple of points?
I hope I have been clear ;) I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me!
Matteo…
j), runs simulation in Contam and re-imports results back into Grasshopper for visualization and data processing. Contam (developed by NIST) is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis computer program. It can be used to determine infiltration, exfiltration, and room-to-room airflows in building systems driven by mechanical means, wind pressures acting on the exterior of the building, and buoyancy effects induced by the indoor and outdoor air temperature difference. You can read more about Contam at NIST website: https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/contam
Installation
In order to run Pigeon and and correctly re-import the results back into Grasshopper, you need to have installed the following:
1. Contam 3.2 on your C drive. You can downlaod Contam at: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/IAQanalysis/CONTAM/download.htm
2. SimRead3 in your Contam folder. SimRead3 is a utility provided to enable you to create text files from SIM files. You can downlaod it at: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/IAQanalysis/docs/simread32.zip. Please extract the content of the SimRead3 zip file into your Contam folder.
We would like to improve the Pigeon plugin, so please let the us know if you notice any mistake in the .prj input file, or if you have any other suggestion about the plugin's usability.
Disclaimer
The authors reserve the right to not be responsible for the performance and results of the plugin. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
Credits
Pigeon plugin was developed by Rusne Sileryte and Antonio D'Aquilio as spin-off from a research project at TU Delft supervised by Michela Turrin and Eric van den Ham.…
ed already). Why not doing some "structure" (i.e assembly/component) related tools that could "classify" GH baked things into nested blocks...that...er...could been exported,say, to Microstation/CATIA/NX as 3d Shared Cells/Components? (the rest could be history, he he).
That way GH/Rhino could be considered as viable "companion" apps to the big AEC boys (because intelligence without proper structures = nothing). I add CATIA to AEC segment due to the Plant market segment.
VBN (Very Bad News) section: Er...the higher the tolerance the less pipe is shown: for instance NO bottom pipe any more (meaning that God - Himself - definitely doesn't approve PLines/Pipes on these ugly trusses of mine , simple as that). But the good news are that your stuff works (but one needs segments here - kinda like a straight Loft). Anyway this truss (in modular version) is already near-by completion - I'll post great(????) things(?) soon(???).
Next Project : Marry Caroline of Monaco (or something equivalent) > quit this $##%##^ business > ride NCR Ducatis (in pink) and some Ferrari Italia (in purple).
Be The Force (dark option) with us
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ounds similar to what Design++ enables for Bentley's Plantwise app... http://www.bentley.com/en-GB/Products/PlantWise/Product-Overview.htm
The rules engine is pretty fast. Design++ is based on a lot of 'old' KBE tools that were initiated in early AI research, based on LISP. It uses a 'frame-based knowledge representation' to define BIM objects, using 'production rules' that are based on simple 'if-then' expressions/functions that are stored in 'slots' that can be nested.
Its simple geometric manipulation functions are based on configuring or assembling elements: 'below', 'above', in-front' etc which is a little different to the 'richer' and more generative approach that GH takes.
OTOH, this assembly approach is part of the 'rules' or 'relations' way of defining an assembly. GH et al approach falls down a lot in situations because the whole assembly is strictly defined as part of a Directed Acyclic Graph. This makes making changes that 'flows upstream' - something that is pretty common in everyday engineering / BIM practice- easier, compared to GH et al.
Design++'s approach to defining BIM objects also have common roots to the next step for IFC... which includes IFD data dictionaries etc which are always defined using a rules based language framework. I suppose, at some point, you would be able to read an IFC model, and there would be rules associated with the piping, vessels, nozzles etc that the rule engine can read, so that when you move a valve or vessel, the related piping would be able to 'generatively' re-route themselves by doing a 'solution space' search around those other trades, based on pre-defined clearance or separation 'rules'.
Or, you could move the pipe, and get the valves and vessels to follow. This would be problematic in GH, as the changes would be going 'upstream' wrt the DAG/script, in all the cases that haven't been 'hard-coded' in the DAG.
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tuation - fast and with flexible options for meshes.
"Project curve to plane" with the parts obscured by a list of brep/mesh obstacles removed.
Adobe illustrator (svg?) export with lots of options regarding visual appearance and document structure.
Vectorisation of bitmap images.
Reconstruction of perspective and (textured) 3d geometry from single/multiple image/video feed.
Drone/UAV communication and control.
Ability to kill the Grasshopper process without killing Rhino.
A more powerful Esc-button.
Industry leading, robust, fast, native GH, never failing offset/fillet curve.
Return of the Lolcats.
Javascript component (ok, Python seems nice, but I still miss JS).
More exotic DateEx (for those of us driving Mars rovers with GH).
Enable/disable components in groups (with bool input?).
Data dam controlled by bool input.
More file import/export, be it 3d geometry, raster image or other formats.
Clothoid curve type.
Animated wires when data changes and solution recomputes.
"Select orphaned components", that just litter the canvas without contributing to the solution.
Minecraft export/import/realtime interaction with server and/or single player map.
Smartphone/tablet/web app with automatic remote control panel pairing.
Treemaps.
All relevant data types and components generalised for n dimensions.
GH antivirus (we'll get there eventually).
A visual drag-and-drop path mapper.
Auto arrange selected components neatly.
"Convert curve to wire" for decorative code layouts.
Choice to use any bitmap to represent a cluster on the canvas.
I realise a lot of it would have to be implemented GH, and not a plugin.
Maybe some of the above already exists in the overwhelming fauna of plugins? If so, please tell me.
/ola
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Anyway...since you look to me like a nice fella, and you are after tensile membranes ...er... I have good, bad and ugly news:
Good news: I do hope that you are a Bushido type of Architect-to-be: Obeying the Code no matter the cost (i.e. (a) Less is More, (b) Form follows Function, (c) Always serve Modesty and fight Vanity).
Bad news: Whist the component bloodshed continues (I asked some assistance from the best C# guru in my practice)...
... I reckon that this IS not the way to outline the module fixing brackets (and/or any membrane related SS 316L stuff : mini masts, tensioners blah blah).
This is:
Ugly news: But inviting real-life components like the above to the parametric chaos (and killing any argument against the so called parametric/smart thing) requires other things far and away from what Rhino/GH are designed to do (at least at present time). But we can fake things a bit (we are professional liars by trade, don't you think so?): I'll reform that chaotic pasta first and then I'll provide you with some real-life multi adjustable custom components (the variation situation that you are attempting to emulate with the attractor) suitable for the job (alas: Rhino can't understand what nested parametric driven feature modeling is) ... and that could bring your teacher(s) into a certain crisis: what are these things and how's possible being created with a parametric app? (but then again I bet that they never heard about CATIA - not to mention spending 15 years with that ugly thing, he he).
Moral: Have faith to the Code.
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