July 2018 Blog Posts (5)

When I posted my NACA series 4 aerofoil generator Definition I suggested that it could be used, among other things, as a basis for creating Velomobile fairings. The decidedly Steampunkish Mosquito Velomobile, with its lightweight wood and fabric frame…

This has already been posted on the GH forum, but I suppose it should have gone here instead ;-)

I've been playing around in Rhino 6 recently, and put together a GH definition to generate NACA series 4 aerofoils. It's based on the equations and methods set out in Abbot and von Doenhoff’s classic student aerodynamicists’ text, Theory of Wing Sections. NACA's 4 series aerofoils are now rather old (they were developed in the thirties), but they are still useful for low-speed applications…

Hello all, I am trying to define a volume above of the ceiling in my zone and then find out its effect in the different form on thermal comfort, however, when I define that volume in hpplenum Zones component, it does not let energy plus engine to run. Would you please help me in this regard?

Rana

Hi everyone, I'm new to Rhino and Grasshopper but I would like to use them to do an acoustical analysis of a performance hall I am working on for class (student here). I have the room modeled in rhino 5 and I've been looking around for how to do a ray tracing study on the space using grasshopper but the internet is a big place where nothing is ever actually explained. How does one set up a ray trace that will show reflections off all of the surfaces? I would appreciate it if anyone can get…