July 2011 Blog Posts (17)

I have been playing with recording the slider activity and fitness values as Galapagos runs a solution.  The parameter changes are recorded using the 'record' component and then sent to a MySQL table.  

It is then possible to query the database and easily investigate the entire range of solutions offered by the evolutionary solver.

For example, I can search for all genomes with a fitness > x... or all genomes with a gene = y.  Or I can display multiple…

We have been working on a method of interacting with the Grasshopper Canvas with intuitive, multi-touch gestures registered by the RGBD camera on the Microsoft Kinect.   The Kinect depth resolution is enough to detect touch events on an arbitrary surface, so we've recreated a giant canvas using a projector, a mirror, and a pane of tinted glass.  So far, we've managed to…

Files to go with the video

IK%20cm.3dm

IK%20cm.ghx

v1.0.1.0 release for grasshopper 0.8.0013…

⁃ New post-graduate master programme at Detmolder Schule für Architektur und Innenarchitektur, institute of higher education in Germany

⁃ Impartation of scientific and practical competence in digital design and construction methods

⁃ Overview of the latest developments and technologies in architecture



Digital technologies altered the…

Students of the Detmolder Schule (www.detmolderschule.de) have completed just recently the experimental pavilion Sparkler on the Campus Emilie. The crystal-shaped structure is a three-dimensional interpretation of Leonardo Da Vinci’s, „Vitruvian Man“, showing a man bound within a square and a circle. Based on a…

Well... as part of learning is also showing and discussing, I have uploaded this chunk of code that actually works.

It came out from the idea of developing an example where the theoretical capabilities of programming with Visual Studio/SharpDevelop over the VB/C# IDE provided in GH would become somewhat more obvious.

However, in this very example the result is quite the opposite, as the imported references (one thing that is not possible to do using the VB component), are not…

A new release of the Slingshot! GH+MySQL plug-in is available.

The release is a minor update which re-organizes a few categories and also includes a new generic MySQL Command component for executing SQL operations not included in other components.

The main reason for this release was to introduce…

RGSS (rhino & grasshopper study session)　Tokyo　vol.25 will take place on 22 July.



Around 6pm, @ Yoshioke Library

http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/jp/special_features/

Students'…

Hi everyone,

I tried more than once to find the scripts from Tooling from Aranda/LAsch without success. Supposedly all of it would be available at their website (www.arandalasch.com/tooling), but the website is "being updated" since a very long time.

I was wondering if one of you have the scripts and would share it with us.

Thanks.

We've finally increased to full scale and are currently waiting on testing of the performance mockup at the Construction Research Lab in Miami (shown in the image).  Throughout this project Grasshopper has been of great use to us in designing, documenting, and in this case fabricating the project.  We were sharing the geometry we created in Grasshopper with our…

Kangaroo 0.06 is now available from the food4rhino site

http://www.food4rhino.com/project/kangaroo

Many new features and bug fixes are included - Wind, Alignment, Shear, Anchorsprings, Planarize Ngons, Trails, Planarity measurement, Vortex, Constrain to…

I am excited to announce the release of Firefly 1.006!  This is a major release and includes many new components and bug fixes, along with a number of new tutorials and example files. Here are a few notable features:

Firefly 1.006 unveils a new Arduino Code Generator component which attempts to convert any Grasshopper…

The book for the 2011 ACADIA Regional conference is available for a free download. The conference was hosted by the University of Nebraska Lincoln this past spring.

There was a request for the basic definition I used to make this image.

Process:

Choose an image, and live trace it in illustrator. Expand the live trace, and save the illustrator file. Export the live trace as a jpg or other bitmap format. 

In Rhino, import the image with the PictureFrame command. Then import the illustrator file and scale the curves to the…