Calling all Grasshopper Users.

My name is Philip Valentine and I am a student at Loughborough University currently studying Architectural Engineering and Design Management. I have used Grasshopper3D throughout my placement year in research looking into 3D concrete printing and the automation of the process.

My final year dissertation's title is BIM vs. Grasshopper3D: Implications to the Design Optimisation Processes.

Purpose of the Survey:

I am looking to discover the use of BIM and Grasshopper3D in construction companies, the cost of training and implementation of the software and comparing the two. I will also be looking for opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of both BIM software and Grasshopper3D.

The overall aim of the project is to explore whether the use of Grasshopper3D along with BIM software platforms can optimise the design process and communication between the disciplines.

The information provided will be treated with strict confidence and individual firms will not be identified. The link to the survey is below.

Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GrasshoppervBIM

If you have any questions or queries about the intention or questions asked on this survey please contact me at p.valentine-09@student.lboro.ac.uk.

Lastly, I would like to thank you for your participation and to let you know that I greatly appreciate your input into my project.

Regards,

Philip Valentine

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Philip Valentine on March 7, 2013 at 4:51pm

I have received a number of responses, but they are only for the first question or first few questions... could those people who have started to answer, finish it as partially answered pieces will throw off the results.

If there are any problems with answering them please email me at the mentioned email address and any queries let me know.

Regards

Philip

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 7, 2013 at 6:00pm

Should be titled BIM vs parametric or generative design. or compare a specific program to grasshopper such as revit vs grasshopper.

Permalink Reply by Philip Valentine on March 7, 2013 at 6:37pm

I agree with your point, but the main aim is to use Grasshopper to allow interoperability between a number of specific software the industry uses. As a project includes many companies and they often do not use the same software packages as the other disciplines, and thus the conversion of data between all the different packages is a problem. Grasshopper is trying to remedy this with the IFC conversion to Revit, Tekla etc.

Permalink Reply by Philip Valentine on March 11, 2013 at 5:30am

Sorry to bump this up myself, but I could really do with some more responses from a variety of companies and completed responses rather than incomplete. At the moment I have a bias towards one companies which renders my results pretty much useless.

So could anyone who use grasshopper and bim in the construction, however big or small the company is, could you complete the survey above to aid in my research project.

Many regards

Permalink Reply by djordje on March 11, 2013 at 5:38am

Would students replies help?

And does upper "construction companies" exclude architectural offices?

Permalink Reply by Philip Valentine on March 11, 2013 at 5:43am

Any replies would help and by construction companies I mean any discipline who works on the construction project, but the main focus would be towards the design. So the ideal participants are architectural firms and consultant firms.

The survey goes over the cost of projects and number of projects have used bim and grasshopper but if you cannot answer these just put a dash by them as they are mainly for a demographic analysis of users. The key part is the opinions in the last section as these lead on to a possible interview if it is convenient.

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