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VT Grasshopper Workshop Update

Monday, June 29, 2009 21:23 4 Comments

Virginia Tech’s 2009 Solar Decathlon team has recently launched its new website.  lumenHAUS features the developed screen pattern that was studied during the grasshopper workshop held in February 2009.  Following the workshop, Jonathan Grinham and the Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon team continued to develop the script, and have produced a full scale mock-up of the [...]

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Creating 3D Patterns using ParaCloud GEM

Monday, May 11, 2009 21:54 No Comments

 

This video is by Dr. Eyal Nir the creator of ParaCloud and is the first video demonstrating ParaCloud GEM - a 3D pattern modeler.   
Over the next few weeks I’ll also be investigating the potential crossovers between the ParaCloud products and Grasshopper to extend the possibilities of generative design.

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CASE: out of the box

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:14 1 Comment

Check out this interview archinect conducted with my friends from CASE.  These guys used to work and SHoP and were instrumental in my role as Digital Design Specialist here at SHoP.

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Higher Quality Videos!

Friday, January 30, 2009 10:28 3 Comments

Hi All,
FYI…I reposted almost all of my videos to a full 1680 x 1000 screen resolution so hopefully they will look better in full screen.
Zach
UPDATE:  Due to load times I’ve included both a high quality and low quality versions of most of the videos.  You now have to click on the post to see the [...]

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Streaming Data From Grasshopper to Microsoft Excel

Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:54 3 Comments

This tutorial explains how to use format function in an expression to sort data in the Post-It note component, then stream the point data from Rhino’s Grasshopper directly into Microsoft Excel.  The format function’s syntax is in the following format:
Format(”Line01, {0}, Line02, {1}, Line03, {2}”, x, y, z)
Note:  you can relace the italicized text with any [...]

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Designalyze.com is launched!

Friday, July 4, 2008 12:46 3 Comments

Welcome to designalyze.com.  A resource for accumulated knowledge of design.

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