, Engineer and Researcher from France with broad programming experience. He is the author of the City in 3D Rhinoceros plugin for creation of buildings according to geojson file and with real elevation. Guillaume already created a new component: "Address to Location". It enables getting latitude and longitude values for the given address:
2) Support of Bathymetry data: automatic creation of underwater (sea/river/lake floor) terrain. This feature is now available through new source_ input of the "Terrain generator" component. Here is an example of terrain of the Loihi underwater volcano, of the coast of Hawaii:
3) A new terrain source has been added: ALOS World 3D 30m. ALOS is a Japanese global terrain data. Gismo "Terrain Generator" component has been using SRTM 30m terrain data, which hasn't been global and was limited to -56 to +60 latitude range. With this addition, it is possible to switch between SRTM and ALOS World 3D 30m models with the use of source_ input.
4) 9 new components have been added:
"Address To Location" - finds latitude and longitude coordinates for the given address.
"XY To Location" - finds latitude and longitude coordinates for the given Rhino XY coordinates. "Location To XY" - vice versa from the previous component: finds Rhino XY coordinates for the given latitude longitude coordinates. "Z To Elevation" - finds elevation for particular Rhino point. "Rhino text to number" - convert numeric text from Rhino to grasshopper number. "Rhino unit to meters" - convert Rhino units to meters. "Deconstruct location" - deconstructs .epw location. "New Component Example" - this component explains how to make a new Gismo component, in case you are interested to make one. We welcome new developers, even if you contribute a single component to Gismo! "Support Gismo" - gives some suggestions on how to make Gismo better, how to improve it and support it.
5) Ladybug "Terrain Generator" component now supports all units, not only Meters. So any Gismo example file which uses this component, can now use Rhino units other than Meters as well. Thank you Antonello Di Nunzio for making this happen!!
Basically just forget about this yellow panel:
This panel is not valid anymore, so just use any unit you want.
6) A number of bugs have been fixed, reported in topics for the last couple of weeks. We would like to thank members in the community who invested their time in testing, finding these bugs and reporting them: Rafat Ahmed, Peter Zatko, Mathieu Venot, Abraham Yezioro, Rafael Alonso. Thank you guys!!! Apologies if we forgot to mention someone.
The version 0.0.2 can be downloaded from here:
https://github.com/stgeorges/gismo/zipball/master
And example files from here:
https://github.com/stgeorges/gismo/tree/master/examples
Any new suggestions, testing and bug reports are welcome!!…
Added by djordje to Gismo at 5:13pm on March 1, 2017
option, after downloading check if .ghuser files are blocked (right click -> "Properties" and select "Unblock"). Then paste them in File->Special Folders->User Object Folder. You can download the example files from here. They act in similar way, Ladybug Photovoltaics components do: we pick a surface, and get an answer to a question: "How much thermal energy, for a certain number of persons can my roof, building facade... generate if I would populate them with Solar Water Heating collectors"? This information can then be used to cover domestic hot water, space heating or space cooling loads:
Components enable setting specific details of the system, or using simplified ones. They cover analysis of domestic hot water load, final performance of the SWH system, its embodied energy, energy value, consumption, emissions... And finding optimal system and storage size. By Dr. Chengchu Yan and Djordje Spasic, with invaluable support of Dr. Willian Beckman, Dr. Jason M. Keith, Jeff Maguire, Nicolas DiOrio, Niraj Palsule, Sargon George Ishaya and Craig Christensen. Hope you will enjoy using the components! References: 1) Calculation of delivered energy: Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, John Wiley and Sons, J. Duffie, W. Beckman, 4th ed., 2013. Technical Manual for the SAM Solar Water Heating Model, NREL, N. DiOrio, C. Christensen, J. Burch, A. Dobos, 2014. A simplified method for optimal design of solar water heating systems based on life-cycle energy analysis, Renewable Energy journal, Yan, Wang, Ma, Shi, Vol 74, Feb 2015
2) Domestic hot water load: Modeling patterns of hot water use in households, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Lutz, Liu, McMahon, Dunham, Shown, McGrue; Nov 1996. ASHRAE 2003 Applications Handbook (SI), Chapter 49, Service water heating
3) Mains water temperature Residential alternative calculation method reference manual, California energy commission, June 2013. Development of an Energy Savings Benchmark for All Residential End-Uses, NREL, August 2004. Solar water heating project analysis chapter, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, 2004.
4) Pipe diameters and pump power: Planning & Installing Solar Thermal Systems, Earthscan, 2nd edition
5) Sun postion and POA irradiance, the same as for Ladybug Photovoltaics (Michalsky (1988), diffuse irradiance by Perez (1990), ground reflected irradiance by Liu, Jordan (1963))
6) Optimal system and storage tank size: A simplified method for optimal design of solar water heating systems based on life-cycle energy analysis, Renewable Energy journal, Yan, Wang, Ma, Shi, Vol 74, Feb 2015.…
ature. By investigating the process of decay across various scales, we will formulate rules of generating decomposition as our design research area. These rules will evolve into design strategies for the creation and fabrication of a large-scale prototype. The design and fabrication process will be informed by the use of robotic fabrication techniques.
The three-week long programme is formulated as a two-phase process. During the two-week initial phase, participants benefit from the unique atmosphere and facilities of AA’s London home. The second phase, lasting for a week, shifts to AA’s woodland site in Hooke Park and revolves around the fabrication and assembly of a full-scale architectural intervention.
Prominent Features of the programme:
• Teaching team: Participants engage in an active learning environment where the large tutor to student ratio (5:1) allows for personalized tutorials and debates.
• Facilities: AA Digital Prototyping Lab (DPL) offers laser cutting, CNC milling, and 3d printing facilities. The facilities at AA Hooke Park allow for the fabrication of one-to-one scale prototypes with a 3-axis CNC router, various woodworking power tools, and robotic fabrication.
• Computational skills: The toolset of Summer DLAB includes but is not limited to Rhinoceros, Processing, Grasshopper, and various analysis tools.
• Theoretical understanding: The dissemination of fundamental design techniques and relevant critical thinking methodologies through theoretical sessions and seminars forms one of the major goals of Summer DLAB.
• Professional awareness: Participants ranging from 2nd year students to PhD candidates and full-time professionals experience a highly-focused collaborative educational model which promotes research-based design and making.
• Fabrication: According to the specific agenda of each year, a one-to-one scale prototype is fabricated and assembled by design teams.
• Lecture series: Taking advantage of its unique location, London, Summer DLAB creates a vibrant atmosphere with its intense lecture programme.
Eligibility: The workshop is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwide.
Accreditation: Participants receive the AA Visiting School Certificate with the completion of the Programme.
Applications: The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £1964 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting Membership fee. A deposit of £381 is required when registering with the online form. The deadline for applications is 20 July 2015. No portfolio or CV is required. Online application link:
https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/ONLINEAPPLICATION/visitingApplication.php?schoolID=325
Return train tickets between London-Hooke Park, accommodation & food in Hooke Park, and materials from Digital Prototyping Lab (DPL) are included in the fees.
Programme Directors:
Elif Erdine (AA Summer DLAB Director): elif.erdine@aaschool.ac.uk
Alexandros Kallegias (AA Summer DLAB Director): alexandros.Kallegias@aaschool.ac.uk
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elease, so for now I am back to the basics - using only what is built into the official release for the time being.
Perhaps as plugins are updated, the updated version/ release date/ download link can be added to this compatibility list. If someone has beaten me to this on another site; please let me know.
Plugins I intend to test would solicit compatibility advice for;
CENTIPEDE
CHAMELEON / WORKS /
DIVA
FAR CALCULATOR / WORKS /
FIREFLY / UPDATED / Firefly (1.0067) now works for 0.9.006. Download at www.fireflyexperiments.com
FLOWLINES / WORKS / native tools provided in 0.9 release
GENERATION / WORKS /
GECO / WORKS / update scheduled for 10.08.2012
GH KANGAROO / WORKS / plus more on the way! (per Daniel Piker)
GHOWL / WORKS /
GHYTHON / FIXED / Link to updated file; GhPython 0 5 1 0
GOAT
HAL / PARTIAL COMPATIBILITY / Fix should be available toward end of Aug.
HELIOTROPE \ BROKEN \
HOOPSNAKE
HORSTER / WORKS /
HUMMINGBIRD / WORKS /
LOCAL CODE / WORKS /
LUNCHBOX / WORKS / UPDATED 8.04 DOWNLOAD HERE
MATIS
MESHEDIT / WORKS / update scheduled for 10.08.2012
QUOKKA
SCARAB
SLINGSHOT \ BROKEN \
SOLARCIRCLES
SPIDERWEB / WORKS /
STARLING / WORKS / VER 0.2 AND 0.1
PANELING TOOLS / UPDATED / http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/panelingtools/forum/topics/pt-gh-new-release-of-august-22-2012
WEAVERBIRD \ BROKEN \
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rendo posizioni lavorative fino a qualche tempo fa impensabili. Questo nuovo approccio ha infatti la caratteristica di avvicinarsi alla programmazione informatica, ma con un approccio facilitato grazie ai componenti visuali.Hai bisogno di un motivo in più per usare Grasshopper? Eccolo! Trattandosi di uno strumento ancora in fase di testing (anche se perfettamente funzionante) l’applicativo è completamente gratuitoScarica la tua versione e inizia subito ad usarlo!Corsi certificatiLe lezioni sono tenute da Antoni(n)o Marsala, docente certicato McNeel, con alle spalle oltre 5 anni di esperienza nell’insegnamento di Rhinoceros. Negli ultimi anni abbiamo tenuto in grande considerazione l’evolversi di questo plugin e abbiamo deciso di investire sulle sue potenzialità.Nel Febbraio del 2011, grazie ad Antoni(n)o Marsala, è uscito Algoritmi Generativi, edizione italiana del libro di Zubin Khabazi Generative Algorithms with Grasshopper. Entrami sono scaricabili gratuitamente e rappresentano dei validi strumenti per capire il mondo di Grasshopper.Da diversi mesi inoltre, il Mandarino BLU, ha attivato una collaborazione con La Bottega di Galileo di Pisa, officina del libero scambio di idee, presentando dei progetti formativi post universitari, per coloro che vogliono entrare nel mondo della progettazione di nuova generazione.Dalla collaborazione con Multiverso, nasce invece un progetto formativo più ampio sviluppato a Firenze in via Campo d’Arrigo 40rLeggi il nostro programma didattico o scarica la versione in pdf…
y interesting and smart way to construct surface. I tried some experiments out using a similar idea - take a developable surface which has a series of holes cut through it now offset that surface and unroll both of them, once both have been cut out insert a dowel into the holes (the dowel represents the offset distance). In the end the shape is recreated via tension and in that way there are some similarities. With your concept the thing I have trouble figuring out is how do you cut the variable angle kerfs. Are you using a 5-axis swarf cut, a cnc panel saw - how do you control this? It would be great to have a set of constraints which limit the number of possible angled cuts - these limits would equal the number of v-groove bits you have in the cnc - and then you could just cut the lines with the programmed tool which matches the given angle. Or maybe I am completely wrong, now I think I am wrong, about the execution and you are only changing the gap between each kerf and the angle of the side wall stays constant.
Anyway to answer your question catia can analyze the characteristics of a piece of formed material (this analysis is usually applied to sheet metal and to design forming tools)it's just a matter or defining the material to match that which you are using. Another possibility although not as numerically clear is using a simulation tool like Maya cloth or Virtools. I know this maybe less likely but you can define all sorts of materials in Maya and then simulate their behavior under numerous forces and constraints. I think it would work it's just how do you extrapolate the values Maya needs and then correlate them back into the cloth parameters. Once it yields the final formed mesh then further analysis could be performed in cosmos, ansys, or catia.
I have one other suggestion. In solidworks if you perform a lofted bend on a sheet metal part and then generate a flat pattern it creates a large set of bend lines representing how to perform the bending of an unusual shape using a metal brake. It seems like those bend lines could be machined with you technique to create lofted forms instead of extrusions.
What materials seem to work best so far, have you only been using wood (the purple stuff is probably not wood)?
If you are ever in Los Angeles I have a shop with a 3 axis and 5 axis router, a large vacuum bag, and all the other things to experiment on this and would be open to this.…
k ecotect; and 'export mesh to ecotect' usually auto link, but my computer won't link. Please help out.
please post such request in our group so we get an request email, thx.
For your problem you have to use the newest geco v1.033 and grasshopper v09.0012 or higher.
This will solve your problem.
If you use grasshopper for rhino 5 we will release a updated version which also works for this.
currently you have to copy the files manually to the components folder
thx....
After installed the new version of grasshopper geco, here is error again
Error: solution exception: Could not load file or assembly 'Geolink, Version=2.1.563.0, Culture= neutral, Public KeyToken=bull' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Here is the error on ' Link Ecotect (EcoLink) ' in grasshopper geco.
Urgent!!! Please help!
PLEASE IDENTIFY which files copy manually from where to components folder?
thanks…
ok at the various available ways to reference geometry and data in ghPython:
ghdoc is the standard document for rhinoscriptsyntax. We can use it all the time and it is meant to be as quick as possible, in order to slow down rhinosciptsyntax in Grasshopper as little as possible.
It is also possible to just reference or create geometry in memory using RhinoCommon methods.
The third and last document is the usual Rhino document, which is also accessible in ghPython: Rhino.RhinoDoc.ActiveDoc.
All these three styles are valid and useful for certain purposes and code writing styles.
Specifically, you are asking to take data from ghdoc, obtain the geometry, and finally add it to the Rhino document. This is essentially baking in ghPython, right?
I am attaching an example.
When you have a document available and a Guid, you can use rhinoscriptsyntax.coerceXXX(guid) in order to obtain geometry, or specific types of geometry.
Similarly, scriptcontext.doc.Objects.AddXXX() allows to add geometry to the document. There are lots of variants for this. You can refer to the RhinoCommon documentation for all methods in the ObjectTable class, or all methods in the ghPython one are on GitHub.
Please let me know if you need more information. I hope this is helpful,
Giulio--
Giulio Piacentinofor Robert McNeel & Associatesgiulio@mcneel.com
bake_into_rhino.gh, 5 KB…
s lectured at my university; one of his projects is a free-form shell pavilion, based off of the finger-locking joinery of sand dollars. He has a great time-lapse video of the form finding process on his website, which is worth a watch if you haven't seen it already. It appears as if he uses Galapagos or some other evolutionary approach for his solution. When I saw that Daniel Piker replicated this using only Kangaroo, I was thrilled.
I believe that in order to get smoother, less clumsy results from the PlanarHex, it is almost necessary to ensure that your setup is conducive for the definition to work. I think this includes beginning the definition with the hexagons having the ability to be EITHER concave or convex (Lunchbox). In Daniel's script, I think he set the default value at .5, which was in the middle of the two options and resembled a square. I think also that the number of hexagon cells in the U and V direction should be setup in a way that they can lend themselves to a proportion that is used later in the definition.
Here is a quote from Piker that better explains the importance of the proportions and edge lengths in the setup:
The ratio of U/V divisions need to be chosen so that the initial edge lengths are close to equal.
When planarizing, particularly with hexagons, we need to ensure that the polygons do not become self intersecting. Here this is achieved by constraining the maximum and minimum edge lengths to some ratio of the overall average edge length. For this to work though, it helps if the initial state has them within or close to this range. [...]
Judging from the photo you provided of your results from the PlanarHex, I think some of the issues may be a result of you having a mixture of trapeziums and hexagons. This could potentially be causing the mangled appearance of the resultant shell.
Again, I do not know if this will be too much help for you as I am somewhat of a beginner with Kangaroo. But if nothing else, I hope that this can serve as a catalyst for what could be an interesting discussion about free-form vaults and shell structures... Also, check out the work of Philippe Block if you haven't. Here's a picture of a hexagonal vault model that he designed that is quite lovely.
- William…
component that let you modify an existent .EPW file as you want, also just few hours or days or months of it.
This is a preview of it.
This new potential component creates a copy of Epw file automatically starting from an existing EPW file. In this case I modified dry bulb temperature from June to September, I added 5 °C to the original values.
or you can create your own values, for example here I plugged random values.
Or you can copy and paste your values from .xls column of a weather data into a panel component.
All your modified files are stored into a folder that you want.
I think should be useful a component like this. Anyway, I'll try to finish it as soon as possible.
Best
Antonello
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