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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSpA5uveAaA

this video tutorial explains the first steps using karamba, creating a parametric structural model.

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Finally I could use Grasshopper for a real project. It´s a compact computer, that sit´s on the desk and by that requires a higher level of detailing, sophistication and human approachability, than the ones, that are hidden somewhere underneath. Over years the honeycomb structure has become a signature element of Fujitsu, since it has the best ratio of material use, stiffness and surface opening. On this product ventilation isn´t that much required, so we closed the honeycombs with a subtile…

Phototropia is part of an ongoing series on the application of smart materials in an architectural context and was realized in April 2012 by the Master of Advanced Studies class at the Chair for CAAD, supervised by Manuel Kretzer.…

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Parametrische Entwurfstechnik revolutioniert derzeit die Architektur



https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9626358/Berliner_Zeitung_IMMO_KW22_02.pdf…

Nice! you just finished your design. This time you thought, up yours with all that minimalism. This time for my façade I'm going to use a lot of different colours, in fact all the colours of the rainbow, in some fancy parametric way. Then its done, it's the shit, everything is where it needs to be. But then.... you get the colour chart send from the manufacturer, with the actual pantone colours. In other words real-life-colours, if you would be so kind to transform your 'screen'-colours into…

Check out our third post in our series on the design of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, TX.  The post focuses on the modeling of the feature wall which is the theater's face into the…

Hi everyone, 

I appreciate the interest in this post. It´s been a while and actually it was just a first practice of Grasshopper. Even though I found the definition and could post it here. 03_voronoi exercise

Still, the Voronoi algorithms are super interesting as they appear in so many places in nature aswell. As an example the wing of a dragonfly. Interesting…

How far are we of having web based grasshopper definitions that could be modified by anyone via web? For example, online shops could offer online-customizable products.

This can already be done using processing but then we loose all what we all love of grasshopper. Does anyone know of any alternative to this? In fact Chrysalis proposed a kickstarter project with the aim to convert a gh def to processing, do you think that this is the shortest way to…

Math curve test....

Gradually move through n-factor for stages of Lamé curve. At n=2.5 lies what is know as Supperellipse (Piet Hein).…

Hello Guys,

Hope you all are doing great. I want to convert RGB Mesh colours from Ecotect to HSL so that I can use the values as influence for extrusion and other things. 

Can you help me with this? A grasshopper solution will be amazing. I dont know how to switch between the two colour modes. 

CORSO DI MODELLAZIONE PARAMETRICA CON GRASSHOPPER

LIVELLO…

I have a file of GH (LORENZ LACHAUER). In the file that contains "VB", I do not …

Rhino Example File


Termite Swarming Structure
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Using Panagiotis' millipede grasshopper plug-in to generate load density mesh for attractors of the termites(fishes).

Principle of movement: Termite eat out blue part of the mesh(less load baring)without touching the red part.

Trajectories are generated and one component is there re-evaluate the previous mesh afterwards.…

In Rhinocommon it is very straightforward to take control of the sun system.

The attached definition will get you there.  There are some weird things happening when I switch locations...the time gets shifted.

I need to look further as it was very quickly implemented.  As you see, only 2 lines of code to mess around with the…

Download the source files here:

http://www.sean-madigan.com/2012/05/03/image-sampler/

This definition takes any curved surface and populates it with a gradient of circles. The gradient is driven by a pixel sampling of any given image. For best effects, the surface size in inches should equal the image…