Yes this is part of the new version of Kangaroo coming shortly. I'll write up a proper explanation soon, but it's basically a range of ways of optimizing meshes for various qualities, such as equal sized triangles, smoothness, equal angles, planar quads or hexagons, bending energy, curvature...
All of these factors can be assigned different weightings, and combined with existing forces, such as inflation or gravity, and adjusted in real time.
What's different about this compared to most existing tools is that it needn't be applied to a target surface as a post-rationalization, but these constraints and optimization goals can actually be used to design from scratch because of their interactivity, shaping the design through more of a human/computer collaboration.
Wieland Schmidt
Mar 1, 2011
enrique soriano
It's growing!!
really nice topology solver..
Mar 1, 2011
Daniel Piker
Hi Wieland.
Yes this is part of the new version of Kangaroo coming shortly. I'll write up a proper explanation soon, but it's basically a range of ways of optimizing meshes for various qualities, such as equal sized triangles, smoothness, equal angles, planar quads or hexagons, bending energy, curvature...
All of these factors can be assigned different weightings, and combined with existing forces, such as inflation or gravity, and adjusted in real time.
What's different about this compared to most existing tools is that it needn't be applied to a target surface as a post-rationalization, but these constraints and optimization goals can actually be used to design from scratch because of their interactivity, shaping the design through more of a human/computer collaboration.
Mar 1, 2011
Mårten Nettelbladt
Mar 1, 2011
RWNB
Mar 1, 2011
Firadaus Khazis
Mar 1, 2011