Grasshopper Plugin Research Articles

The Reciprocalizer: an Agile Design Tool for Reciprocal Structures

This paper presents the reciprocalizer, a grasshopper plugin developed to design reciprocal structures. The plugin can handle the full set of geometric parameters necessary to describe the geometry of reciprocally connected elements in real-time. This makes it an agile design tool for the exploration of the geometrical richness of reciprocal structures.

Isogeometric Analysis as a New FEM Formulation - Simple Problems of Steady State Thermal Analysis

The subject of this article concerns Isogeometric Analysis as a new formulation within Finite Element Method. Motivation for this new approach was presented together with theoretical foundations of the method. The main subject of the paper is numerical implementation of the method in the Matlab environment. Special focus was put on the new concept of element and new geometry data interpretation in terms of analysis. Object oriented programming was utilized to produce more universal tool for future investigations. Several examples for Poisson's partial differential equation solution were presented. The h-refinement was utilized to show method convergence. Steady state thermal analysis was performed with temperatures and heat flux as boundary conditions. Quick geometry data transfer and mesh refinement from Rhino software with Grasshopper plug-in was also prepared and described in the paper. Finally, authors’ conclusions concerning new method were presented and comparison between FEM and IGA was made on the basis of the studied examples.

Memaknai Studi Pergerakan Matahari dalam Perancangan Arsitektur: Kajian Beberapa Aplikasi Komputer Mengenai Studi Matahari

Investigating and rethinking process in academic world influenced the architectural design culture. Affordable supporting digital tools lead the unlimited exploration into new ideas and possibilities. Heliodon is one of the tools to represent the sun mobility that helps analyze architectural form finding process. The Sun evolution and revolution are mapped into a computerized framework. With this framework, vendors and research group can develope its capability to create a powerful exploration tool. This opportunity gives a redefined meaning of the design process where all information is exchanged digitally. This study discusses some applications such as Google Sketch Up, Rhino ceros with its Grasshopper plug-in, and Graphisoft ArchiCAD which record physical data of climatic factors, The aim of this paper is to describe how sun study in digital tools redefines the architectural design process.