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BIM (Building Information Modeling) enhancements for Rhino and Grasshopper, import/export to Revit, Digital Project, Bentley and Archicad amongst others.  Also Structure modeling (including analytic) and Computational Geometry Tools such as mesh relaxation/inflation and tessellation tools.

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Geodesic Domes

by Jon Mirtschin

Dec 10, 2011

I'm starting a thread on Geodesic Dome's following on from comments here:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/111210-polypack-bisymmetric-hend...  as it's difficult to add attachments in image comments.

There is a geodesic component in StructDrawRhino, the images are interesting.  I haven't yet thought about how to take the subset of the dome as per the images, but attached is a very quick approach as a start.

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    peter fotiadis

    OK, that's the mother of all threads.

    Only tensile non elastic membranes is a more neat engineering solution (the best academic thing on that matter is FormFinder the best real-life app is Birdair propriety software). Think Kangaroo with RON 100 fuel (add some nitrous oxide).

    Back to domes. 

    1. Obviously you know the free WinDome Bono thing...but anyway get it (code included).

    2. As I said on another thread (http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/the-necessity-for-a-data-...)  ... the big thing in AEC (because, for instance, nobody does domes for decoration/artistic stuff etc etc) is how to implement already designed things (see images above) within  a smart stuff definition (or many).

    3. Goes several steps beyond: these "breps" (to speak GH/Rhino language) are in most cases nested and some parts are "locked" for transformations some other not. That's the big thing when trying to outline real-life AEC solutions in the so called Smart applications. I think that this is not doable in Rhino since there's no way to edit (in place) a nested block.

    4. Goes even further: for each custom made thing (truss nodes and the likes) ... there's a bill waiting. Meaning that the less customized a solution is (with regard industrial sourced existed parts) the more is possible for the client to sign the dotted line. 

    Best, Peter

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