Monthly Archives: April 2011

SPM Vector Components: Update

So, I realize that this is the third release of the SPM plugin in 7 days, but since we won’t be able to work on the project for a week or two, we thought it best just to get it … Continue reading

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SPM Vector Components: New Release!

New features: Added a “Settings” Component which allows you to tweak the integration component. Most of what we implemented are checks that stop the integral line (winding number still to come…), and the default values work in most cases Added … Continue reading

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New SPM Grasshopper component: Vector Field Integration

Here’s our take at a GH component that finds the integral lines of 2d or 3d vector fields. The way it works is very simple: you give it a list of sample points and associated vectors (1 vector for each sample … Continue reading

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Smart Geometry Workshop Project

I had the great pleasure of working with some fantastic people at SG2011. Our team consisted of : Mark Cabrinha Michael Drobnik Alvin Huang Daniel Hambleton And here’s what we built (Thanks Michael for the pics!):

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Words I found interesting at SG2011…

There were, of course, many other words I found interesting, but these stood out in particular. I’m especially interested by the challenge of how a structural engineering practice can be a part of the open source and data creation communities … Continue reading

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