April 2014 Blog Posts (18)

I recently created this JSON generator for Modelo, the online 3d publishing and collaboration platform that I founded. link: modelo.io

You could watch this video here to learn how to upload your model directly from Rhino/Grasshopper to Modelo and share it with others.

Modelo Upload…

I've updated the examples page for Kangaroo with a zip of over 80 definitions, organized by category, many with explanatory annotations, and covering several popular topics:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/kangaroo/page/example-files

Hopefully this saves people some searching around, and makes learning to use it a little easier.

AA Jordan is a ten-day computational architecture workshop as part of the Architectural Association' Visiting School Programmes.

Dates: June 14 to June 24, 2014

Location: Amman, Petra and Wadi Rum Jordan

Agenda

The Jordanian desert…

I have used this for a classroom assignment. It's great if  you want to gain a deeper understanding on how nice evenly spaced and orthogonal grids are generated, and the math is not too heavy.

Elliptic Grid Generation

Image Sampler simple using

imagesampel.gh…

simple version the grain of Kohr

Koch_simple.gh

The mesh is from Daniel Piker's blog.The MeshVertices are welded.First of all I separate the mesh into small pieces which is constructed by point grid.And each small piece can be convert to Nurbs.…

This will be incorporated into future releases of Kangaroo, but because it is so much fun to play with (not to mention useful!), I was excited to share this as a standalone component right now.

This is a tool for remeshing, as I first wrote about and demonstrated…

Shelling Cluster by Angel Quintana 

ShellingCluster.gh

FORM FINDING STRATEGIES WORKSHOP

strategie di form finding per l'architettura ed il design …

Sign up before they sell out! Workshops at Facades+ are led by experts in architecture and technology AND you can earn AIA CEUs in a hands-on environment. http://bit.ly/1ifMLRJ

http://facadesplus.com/technology-workshops/…

We are proud to announce the beta release of Bumblebee 2.0.

This has been a complete overhaul of the component set under the hood and features not only several new component types, including the introduction of "SmartArt" objects and Pictures, but also a major effort to clean up, simplify, and unify the interface for maximum ease of use. The goal was from the simplest…

Dear Grasshopper community,

This year, the Grasshopper UK meeting will take place at UCL - The Bartlett School of Architecture, London. For this occasion, we gathered a unique panel of power users and plugin developers from all over Europe to present their work.

We would like to invite all UK-based users to join us on the 8th of April…

Join AEC leaders at the Facades+ Symposium 04/24 for new perspectives on building skins and sustainable design practices.

http://bit.ly/OeVKdS

Learn directly from the experts and developers of cutting edge CAD software. April 25th @ Facades+. See you there!

http://facadesplus.com/technology-workshops/

Acadia 2014 Design Agency call extended to April 14th. Share your research, writing, and projects this Fall in LA. We will see you there!

http://bit.ly/1mwNfKe

Check out the additional models fabbed, assembled, and displayed by participants of our recent Performance Shells workshop at Tex Fab http://bit.ly/1mxWxmd

Read more here: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ladybug/forum/topics/honeybee-workshop-live-sunday-april-6-2014-9am-4pm