Parametric Design Made Easy - Free Grasshopper workshop (June 13 at 1 PM CEST)

 

Parametric Design Made Easy - Free Grasshopper workshop

June 13 at 1 PM CEST

Whether you’re a designer, architect, engineer, or creative professional, this free and interactive workshop will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to get started with a parametric design using Grasshopper.

Registered users will receive preparatory materials, including glossaries, component lists, and Grasshopper files that will be used in class, as well as homework assignments with solutions after the classes.

Save your seat at https://learngrasshopper.com/workshop/

CondorShell | Grasshopper, Rhino, Revit, and SAFE interoperability for structural engineers

At the beginning of the structural design process, there are two common approaches to defining geometries: Create complex and parametric geometries directly using Rhino and Grasshopper or leverage the power of Rhino.Inside to transfer geometry directly from Revit. 

Now, with CondorShell, engineers can easily export geometry and data from Rhino and Grasshopper to SAFE V20.3.0, making the structural analysis and design much faster. With CondorShell, engineers can create workflows to automate design tasks in the design of foundations and the design of slabs in CSI SAFE.

CondorShell is a Grasshopper-based component just released by Artificial Intelligence Optimization Software, LLC (AIOS). CondorShell 1.0.0 is available to download beginning October 10.

CondorShell comes in two versions: Basic and Pro. There is extensive documentation as well as short videos and examples that illustrate the use of every single CondorShell component. Both versions will help you establish more efficient workflows, saving valuable time during design. 

• CondorShell Basic: Available using the PackageManager in Rhino, this free version features 20 components that support the creation of your SAFE model. See the 1-minute video tutorial, How to Install CondorShell Free Limited Version.
  
  
• CondorShell Pro: To experience the full capabilities of CondorShell, users can upgrade to the paid version which provides 54 additional components that facilitate the creation of complex geometries in your SAFE model. To activate the Pro version, follow the installation instructions in the 3-minute video tutorial, Installing CondorShell.

Send your comments and feedback to support@aiosciv.com. Happy coding!

8 Fundamental Steps to Learn Parametric Design in 8 Weeks (by Learngrasshopper.com)

8 Fundamental Steps to Learn Parametric Design in 8 Weeks
November 8, 2022 - 14:00-15:30 PM CET (GMT+01)
Fee: 100% Free

In this 100% Free live online training session, Krzysztof Wojslaw from Learngrasshopper.com will explain in detail the whole process of learning Parametric design step by step, entirely from the beginning. He will prove that even without programming experience and lack of time for studying, it is possible to understand parametric design in just eight weeks. Thanks to skills built based on eight fundamental steps, you will be able to automate your design tasks and have much more fun at work.

Only registered users will get special gifts:

• Mind map with the proven learning process, which saves hundreds of hours spent on studying
• Links to documents, tutorials and practical exercises
• Link to the recorded session

Register for the webinar...

CondorShell V1.0.0-beta

There are two common approaches to defining geometries at the beginning of the structural design process. Engineers can create complex and parametric geometries directly using Rhino and Grasshopper, or leverage the power of Rhino.Inside to transfer geometry directly from Revit. With CondorShell, engineers can now easily export geometry and data from Rhino and Grasshopper to SAFE V20.3.0.

CondorShell is a Grasshopper-based component just released by Artificial Intelligence Optimization Software, LLC (AIOS). CondorShell 1.0.0-beta is available to download beginning July 15.

CondorShell comes in two versions: Basic and Pro. Both versions will help you establish more efficient workflows, saving valuable time during design. Extensive documentation is included, as well as short videos and examples that illustrate the use of every single CondorShell component.

• CondorShell Basic: Available using the PackageManager in Rhino, this free version features 20 components that support the creation of your SAFE model. Watch the 1-minute video tutorial that shows how to install it.
  
  
• CondorShell Pro: To unlock additional components and experience the full capabilities of CondorShell, you can upgrade to the paid version, which provides 54 components that facilitate the creation of complex geometries in your SAFE model.

For the duration of the beta test, the cost of our Pro version is waived to enable design professionals to test and provide feedback on the complete functionalities of the plugin. To activate the Pro version, follow the installation instructions in the 3-minute video tutorial, Installing CondorShell.

The beta period will run through August 5, 2022, when all beta licenses expire. Send your feedback to support@aiosciv.com. Happy coding!

Webinar: Applied computational design in structural engineering (by Timo Nielsen) - June 8, 2022, at 4 PM CEST

Webinar: Applied computational design in structural engineering (by Timo Nielsen)
June 8, 2022, at 4 PM CEST
 
In this webinar, Timo Harboe Nielsen will speak about how Rhino+Grasshopper is used in a large engineering consultancy (Ramboll). The webinar will show several examples with live demos and discuss the challenges and possibilities that computational designers face in the conservative building industry.

Bio: Timo Nielsen is the Computational Design Lead for the Buildings Division of Ramboll Denmark. Before joining the High Rise division of Ramboll, he worked in the engineering department of Bjarke Ingels Group. Timo has a master’s degree in architectural engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, where he specialized in computational design in structural engineering.

Details and registration...

Free ExpressMarine webinar

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ExpressMarine Webinar

March 23, 2022

B&A Software AS, developers of the ExpressMarine Rhino plugin, announced their webinar to show the latest features of the ExpressMarine plugin. Onn Wednesday, March 23, 2022, two times are available:

• 10:00–11:00 CET (Central European Time), 4 AM–5 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time) 
  or
• 19:00–20:00 CET (Central European Time), 1 PM–2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Learn how rapid 3D modeling in ExpressMarine can provide accurate structural weight estimates, initialize your detailed design model, and improve your general arrangement.

The webinar will focus on the following features in ExpressMarine:

• Modeling of structural detail
• Integration with ShipWeight
• Volume modeling for capacity and GA check
• Stock libraries, color handling, and templates
• Tips and tricks for effective modeling

Sign up for the webinar...

New Grasshopper Component in Tekla with Rhino.Inside technology

The new Grasshopper Component in Tekla Structures uses the Rhino.Inside technology. This brings Tekla users the benefit of visual scripting in Grasshopper without each Tekla user needing to be exposed to the visual script itself. Furthermore, this provides developers a powerful new way of creating logic for custom components in Tekla using visual scripting.

Tekla's custom component is an intelligent object type in Tekla Structures that can be used for connections, reinforcement and other details as well as for larger parametric objects like sandwich walls or staircases.

Until now, new custom component types have been created by anyone using the Tekla Open API or using the custom component editor within Tekla. Now, new custom components can also be created with Grasshopper. The logic is provided by any Grasshopper definition that then creates objects in Tekla Structures.

The benefit for the Tekla user is that using the new Grasshopper Component they do not need to know visual scripting to use a Grasshopper definition. For the custom component developer, creating component logic with Grasshopper can be more straightforward especially when it comes to geometry.

Complete details...

Download the Grasshopper Component for Tekla Structures...

Rhino.Inside.Revit version 1.0 released

 

Rhino.Inside®.Revit version 1.0 has been released. Rhino.Inside.Revit combines the best of Rhino, Grasshopper and Revit® into one application. Use the new Element Tracking feature, which allows Grasshopper to fully control Revit elements across multiple Revit projects and between sessions. 

Version 1.0 has no expiration date. Feel free to distribute the plugin across your teams. 

Learn how to upgrade your workflow...

Free Webinar: Grasshopper is for All Engineers! Not Just for Architects (June 24, 2021)

Free Webinar: Grasshopper is for All Engineers! Not Just Architects
June 24, 2021 (14:00-15:00 CEST or 20:00-21:00 CEST)
Speaker: Krzysztof Wojslaw

"Absurd shapes and crazy geometry is not the only job for parametric tools. In this webinar, I want to convince you that Grasshopper can be used in all engineering disciplines.

I will summarise my four years of work on projects designed and implemented with the use of Grasshopper and will present various uses and applications of parametric design."

Complete details and registration...

Workshop: Circular Economy in Structural Design with parametric engineering tools (Karamba3D) - January 11-15, 2021

Circular Economy in Structural Design with Parametric Engineering Tools (Karamba3D)

January 11-15, 2021

The workshop will incorporate carbon footprint evaluation and circular economy into a structural design workflow with a focus on timber structures. Through the combined use of parametric tools for structural design such as Karamba3D, and optimization tools such as Octopus, comparative strategies will be used to mediate between purely structural and environmental criteria, suggesting a more holistic design process.

In the context of the climate emergency, architects and engineers try to reduce the environmental impact of structures through a shift in their design process. The use of recycled material plays a major role in this approach. One of the central questions is how can we design sustainable and smart structures by intelligently using recycled elements. Many factors such as the history of the elements, their condition, or their location influence the design, the carbon footprint, and the price. Parametric structural design tools, coupled with multi-dimensional optimization methods, can help to explore the design space and evaluate designs concerning those criteria.

The workshop will focus on principles of recycled materials in the building industry, coupled with an introduction to parametric structural design and optimization tools. The participants will work during the whole week on the design of a pavilion by applying the learned principles and using an available database of existing recycled timber elements. Lectures of professionals and researchers working in the field of circular economy in architecture and construction supplement the workshop.

Workshops organizers and tutors, in a joint effort with the Reflow Parisian consortium (including Fab City Grand Paris, the City Council of Paris, and the association Arslonga), aim to build the pavilion designed during the workshop in the spring of 2021 with the participation of the workshop participants.

Complete details and registration...

Pangolin - Create complex steel structural model definitions

With Pangolin you can create complex steel structural model definitions that include details such as: 

• Beam haunches
• Highly configurable cold-formed sections with stiffeners
• Surface loads with load transfer surfaces distributing them onto beams
• Load combinations made up of loads in load cases

The created model then can be saved out as a file for later use or sent directly over to Consteel by the connection component for analysis with Consteel’s unique calculations.

Currently supported objects:

• Geometry: Lines, arcs, polygons
• Structural members: Beams, plates, supports, rigid bodies, diaphragms, link elements, haunches
• Sections: More than 7000 predefined from Consteel section bank, or custom defined by section macros, including cold-formed sections with stiffener definition support
• Custom structural attributes: Release stiffness model, support model, material properties
• Loads: Nodal, line, uniform and linearly changing surface loads
• Load configuration: Load combinations, load groups, load cases, load transfer surfaces
• Organization: Layers and structural groups
• I.O. : Load from file, load from Consteel, save to file or Consteel
• Integrated parameters: For unambiguous definitions, avoiding the use of nebulous generic parameters

Download and details on food4Rhino...

Karamba3D in Revit with Rhino.Inside webinar – 08.05.2020

In Karamba3D third session of the Rhino.Inside series, Junghwo Park will be showing how rather complex structure in Revit can be analyzed using Karamba3D. He will explain how the geometry will need to be processed in grasshopper before bringing it into Karamba3D.

Junghwo Park is working as BIM (Building Information Modeling) Specialist at Umdasch Group Ventures, Austria, and he is a founder of Point One Studio, Korea.

Date: Friday 8 May 2020
Time: 14:00 – 14:40 (CEST)
Language: English

Details...

Now in Tekla: Model complex geometries with Grasshopper

Trimble has released Tekla 2020 Structural BIM Software Solutions. This latest Tekla product includes a new direct link between Tekla Structural Designer (TSD) and Grasshopper.

The link is a set of Grasshopper components that can create and update objects live. Manipulate key parameters in Grasshopper linked to Tekla Structural Designer. Compare the alternatives and explore different early-stage design alternatives quickly and easily.

With this link, you can also automate TSD static analysis and record global displacement results using Grasshopper. 

More information on Tekla Structural Designer...

SOFiSTiK announces components for bridges

Andrés von Breyman from SOFiSTiK announced the release of SOFiSTiK´s new components for bridges.

Based on alignment, cross-section information, axis variables, and placements, you can now create 3D parametric models that include realistic 3D geometry and a 100% user-controlled analytical model.

Use this tool as a pre-processor for Bridge Information Modelling and refined Finite Element Analysis.

The SOFiSTiK Grasshopper Toolkit is an extension to Grasshopper. Convert elements like points, curves, or surfaces into structural points, and surfaces. The elements can be attributed with analytical properties like material, cross-section, boundary conditions, or loads. This data can then be directly streamed into a SOFiSTiK project for further analysis and design of the structure.

Details of the components...

Grasshopper-SOFiSTiK webinar on parametric bridge design recorded

Complex Steel Bridge Design Through SOFiSTiK and Parametric Modelling

SOFiSTiK and FINLEY Engineering Group recently held a webinar on parametric bridge modelling:

The SR 826/Palmetto Expressway and SR 25/ Okeechobee Road Interchange Improvement Project in Miami-Dade County, Florida, includes the design and construction of three new flyover ramps. It provides additional routes with a direct connection at the existing interchange while also improving safety and alleviating traffic. Each new ramp is composed of twin continuous steel box girders with spans ranging from 140’ to 230’ with a total bridge length of 7,241’. Four steel straddle bents are required in locations where the substructure cannot be founded beneath the girders due to obstructions from existing roadways or the Miami Canal. Each flyover ramp has unique geometric constraints including a varying deck width, curved girders with radii down to 330’, varying superelevations, and complex gore area framing that are modeled explicitly in 3D with a refined analysis in SOFiSTiK.

Download the recorded webinar...

Grasshopper-SOFiSTiK interface documentation...

Algorithm Enabled Parametric BIM: 5 Steps to Getting Started

Need a little encouragement to navigate the parametric design world? Are you a Tekla Structures user?

In this article, Tekla explains algorithm enabled parametric BIM. They share some of the ways structural engineers are using this workflow to quickly explore complex design alternatives.

Algorithm Enabled Parametric BIM: 5 Steps to Getting Started...

Dlubal RFEM Interfaces to Rhino and Grasshopper

The FEA program RFEM is a powerful software for quick and easy modeling, structural analysis, and design of 2D and 3D models consisting of member, plate, wall, folded plate, shell, solid, and contact elements. 

Rhino is for the computer-aided modeling of any objects (from the teapot to complete buildings). Due to the specialization in NURBS curves and surfaces, there are no limits to the shapes. In combination with the Grasshopper plugin, structures can be user-defined by using a clear, visual programming interface. The interfaces to Rhino and Grasshopper are implemented by default in RFEM. This makes the product package especially interesting for architects and engineers. 

More information about the RFEM interface to Rhino and Grasshopper...

Karamba3D in Revit via Rhino.Inside

Check the latest Karamba3D post on LinkedIn on how it can be used in Revit via Rhino.Inside...

Tekla-Grasshopper webinar - Nov 6, 2019

Easy steps to more efficient bridge design workflow

November 6, 2019

Learn the benefits and easy steps to parametric design and modeling of any type of bridge. Trimble will show a practical example of designing a bridge with Tekla Structures using our Rhino Grasshopper link. Their customers will also share their advice and benefits based on real experience. After this webinar, every bridge engineer can take their design to a new and more efficient way of working.

Free registration to the webinar...

Join Marcello Sgambelluri in creating families using Rhino.Inside and Revit

Join the popular Autodesk University instructor Marcello Sgambelluri as he explores creating structural roof beam families with Rhino.Inside.

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