Karamba - user problems

please post here in case of karamba problems !

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Permalink Reply by djordje on February 22, 2013 at 10:39am

Hi eR.

I am interested in the same issue too.

Did you find out how to analyze the buckling or some 2d planar truss for example?

Thank you.

Permalink Reply by Charles Irby on February 14, 2013 at 7:18pm

I'm encountering a problem when trying to save machine.id files. On both my PC desktop and Mac running Bootcamp with a full version of Rhino 5 and Grasshopper 0.9.0014, Rhino crashes and says "Rhino has encountered a problem and needs to close." This happens when once I enter the name for the .id file and click save.

Any suggestions so that I can use the license I purchased?

Permalink Reply by Guillaume Niel on July 21, 2013 at 2:15am

Hi,

Same problem for me, on a Mac Book Pro with Bootcamp, running Seven 64 Bit.

Any idea ?

Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on July 21, 2013 at 3:10am

Hi,

when you put the Karamba License-component on the canvas: Does it turn red right away? In that case you first have to make sure that Karamba is properly installed. See 'Trouble-Shooting'-section of the manual.

Best,

Clemens

Permalink Reply by Guillaume Niel on July 21, 2013 at 3:50am

Clemens,

You're right, the component turned red. I had a look at the Trouble-Shooting Section, my problem was a fem.karambaPINVOKE exception, due to the fact that grasshopper.dll is located in C:\Users\Guillaume\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0\Plug-ins\Grasshopper {B45A29B1-4343-4035-989E-044E8580D9CF}\0.9.56.0 , and not in C:\Program Files\Rhinoceros 5.0 (64-bit)\Plug-ins\Grasshopper

So I fixed this problem by reinstalling Karamba in the first folder.

Maybe it could help to add in the install process a routine that could localise the grasshopper.dll file so that the default install folder proposed would be the right one... ?

Thanks anyway

Permalink Reply by Adam Castelli on February 24, 2013 at 4:01pm

I am having some trouble installing this. I would like to use it with Rhino 5 (not the beta version) and am not sure to what folder I should direct the installation.

Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on February 25, 2013 at 3:03am

Install it to 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Grasshopper for Rhino 5' if you use Grasshopper 0.9.0014, to the GH-folder in the Rhino5 directory otherwise.

Best,

Clemens

Permalink Reply by Adam Castelli on February 25, 2013 at 9:23am

I think what is throwing me off here is that I am trying to install for the 64 bit rhino 5, and there is no folder in the non-x86 program file directory called Grasshopper for Rhino 5. I am using GH 0.9.0014. My grasshopper directories are somewhat confusing since I have rhino 4 and 5 (beta and full) on my computer. For example there is no grasshopper folder in my rhino 5 plug-ins folder for the full version, but there is one in the beta version folder. Is there a way to access the necessary folders via the grasshopper menu and then manually paste the files where needed? Sorry if this is confusing. Thanks for your help.

Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on February 27, 2013 at 10:30am

GH 0.9.0014 for Rhino5 reside in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Grasshopper for Rhino 5' by default. In order to see which GH is used by Rhino4/5 start Rhino, select 'Tools/Options...' from the menu, then 'plug-ins' from the tree on the left and 'Grasshopper' from the installed plug-ins. Press the button 'Properties...' on the bottom left and a window will appear where the file name (and directory) of Grasshopper is listed.

Best,

Clemens

Permalink Reply by Tuulikki Tanska on February 27, 2013 at 7:27am

Hi,

I'm having trouble installing Karamba. I have Rhino 5 and the latest available TRIAL version of Karamba and the latest version of Grasshopper also. The problem is that Karamba doesn't load into GH.

When I start GH in Rhino I get this error message:

An error occured during GHA assembly loading:
Path: C:\Program Files\Rhinoceros 5.0 (64-bit)\Plug-ins\Grasshopper for Rhino 5\karamba.gha
Exception System.TypeLoadException:
Message: Method 'DrawViewportWires' in type 'Karamba.GH_UniformlyDistLoad' from assembly 'karamba, Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation

Any Ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks,

Tuulikki

Permalink Reply by Tuulikki Tanska on February 27, 2013 at 7:32am

Oh and after reading what you replied to Adam (above), I realized I might have it installed in the wrong directory, but even when I have it installed in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Grasshopper for Rhino 5

I get the same error message...

Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on February 27, 2013 at 10:47am

Hi,

there are two versions of Karamba 1.0.2 available: one for GH8 one for GH9. Did you install that for GH9?

GH 0.9.0014 installs itself to 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Grasshopper for Rhino 5' by default. The default Karamba 1.0.2 installation path for Rhino5 points to a directory which was used by pre-GH 0.9.0014 versions. Did you adapt it to the correct value?

Did you uninstall any old Karamba versions before installing the new one?

Best,

Clemens