BullAnt (An animal name for StructDrawRhino) ???

Hi All,

I'm interested in opinions and ideas for an animal name for StructDrawRhino.

I quite like BullAnt. It's Australian (Wikipedia mentions they are also in New Caledonia). Ants are strong, work hard in a colony etc, so there are a few synergies I like.

Not everyone knows what a BullAnt is (but I didn't realize a Bongo was an animal for a long time), I prefer a two syllable description rather than just ant.

So, please post any thoughts or opinions. The StructDrawRhino plug-in is now much more computational geometry based (for all sorts of designs) rather than strictly Architecture and Structure.

Tom (of [UTO] ) created a great graphic icon that I've used for this group.

Cheers,

Jon

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Garcia del Castillo on October 29, 2010 at 3:11am

Hi Jon, thanks for inviting.

I'd love Spider, or some spider-related name (Tarantula sounds cool as well). I like the image of it with such an explicit and clear structural look (just the way ants look, but bigger, more slender...)

Cheers!

Jon

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on October 29, 2010 at 3:33am

Spider is good since geometry gym deals with networks :)

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on October 29, 2010 at 8:23am

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/Spidaus.html :)

Permalink Reply by sivam krish on October 29, 2010 at 4:37am

Termites are better structural designers. Their feats are astounding. Spiders are experts at tension structures. I saw a kola in my garden on a thin top branch balancing so well that I thought he knows his structures too - he was betting his life on it.

Permalink Reply by Jon Mirtschin on October 30, 2010 at 8:11am

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I really appreciate the ideas. I'll keep thinking about it, the only hesitation is the negative impressions associated with spiders and termites. I think of the furniture taken to by termites. Of course, any Australian that's been bitten by a bullant might have a similar association....

There's another spider in particular that's an Australian icon, the Redback.

Permalink Reply by Pedja L. on November 7, 2010 at 11:21am

If I am Australian, I would name it Boomerang , just to be different-who sais it has to be an animal :) At least its a simple and usefull killing tool...just kidding :)
Ants and spiders are good associations for structures-Redback sounds good to me (you will have nice motive for icons)-I dont mind its a deadly spider...

Permalink Reply by Wieland Schmidt on October 31, 2010 at 11:29am

Hi Jon, if I look at a picture of a bull ant the little ant looks quite aggressive. I would go for a more positive association but similar productive animal like the bee / apoidea.

Cheers, Wieland

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on November 4, 2010 at 5:16pm

How about Giraffe ?

Permalink Reply by Walter Zesk on November 30, 2010 at 10:59pm

hi jon, how about Diatom? They are beautiful creatures and their skeletons inspire all kinds of exotic geometry.

Permalink Reply by Paul N Jeffries on December 3, 2010 at 5:21am

Hi Jon,

I like the name BullAnt, because it sounds like something that Salamander could eat for breakfast... ;)

Permalink Reply by Jon Mirtschin on December 3, 2010 at 6:44am

Salamanders eat bullants for breakfast?

My research suggests that Bullants are the reason Salamder is not found in Australia ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander#Distribution (or are Salamanders the reasons bullants aren't found outside of Australia.....)

Permalink Reply by Disconsolate Manufactory on December 4, 2010 at 9:59am