Archives for category: scripts

grasshopper as site analysis tool

18 12 09 //
2

local code’s entry for the WPA 2.0 competition is an incredible use of grasshopper and ArcGIS to locate publicly owned abandoned sites in major cities across the US and design a landscape intervention that responds to solar, thermal, and water issues that’s specific to each site.

it’s an incredible use of grasshopper as an analysis tool and seems to pose the question- if grasshopper can create a design response for environmental data for multiple sites, could it also create a design response for environmental, programmatic, code, structural, and any other data for one site? could this be the dawn of an MVRDV-esq software that actually works?

more specific analysis:

from ::derivativecontent.

Technorati Tags: , , , ,

Categories green software, scripts

sketchup bezier splines with ruby

10 06 09 //
0

this is my first post from my google phone, so please forgive anything unusual or unsightly…

I came across an interesting article on aecbytes.com about using ruby to generate bezier splines in sketchup. Curves and scripting in sketchup? This poses an interesting challenge to rhino, especially when coupled with plugins like IES, which gives sketchup BIM-esque functionality.

from ::aecbytes.com
Categories scripts

new grasshopper website

24 05 09 //
0

200905241025
::shusuke inoue’s chandelier for the AA gallery

last week mcneel and associates launched their new grasshopper specific website. the site not only features the typical tutorials and info pages, but it also has a very robust social networking element. the site has a forum, user webpages and blogs, and user generated photo and video galleries.

the emphasis on user generated content is an interesting move- and it seems to be working. in a little over 7 days, there have been almost 100 topics generated on the forum boards, over 320 images and over 35 videos posted in the gallery… all for a software that hasn’t been officially released…

::grasshopper3d.com

Categories geometry, scripts

scripting wiki

1 04 09 //
0

200903281302
for years it’s been difficult for algorythmic designers to have a resource for scripts. typically, you used to have to wait for david rutten or andrew kudless to post something and then hope that it was what you were looking for. a good friend of mine and TOSD, nick pisca, has created a wiki devoted to creating an online database of various scripts- BLAST. nick and others have done a very good job seeding the initial site with very interesting scripts and the range of software they cover is striking- everything from maya and rhino to running journal files in revit.

Tags , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Categories revit, scripts

MEL scripting manual by nick pisca

17 02 09 //
0

there are several MEL scripting handbooks out there, so why would you buy a book by nick pisca when you probably already have one?

because he knows scripting, he knows architecture, and he knows how to explain both.

consider this:

1) nick first taught a MEL scripting class at sciarc… while he was a student.

2) nick works at gehry technologies, so you know he’s no slouch.

3) he’s a great guy, he drives a bio-diesel rig, and he’s pretty hard to publish a book on your own.

buy YSYT here.

200902172201

Tags , , , ,
Categories scripts