Grasshopper-archicad Live Connection For Mac

 

Many of the leading cutting edge architects in the world rely daily on algorithmic 3D modeling using McNeel’s famous Rhino and Grasshopper workflow., with an office in NYC, is just one example. With McNeel releasing its first commercial version of in the fall of 2015 and shortly after that Grasshopper for Mac, many BIM-based architects using ARCHICAD have been craving to put all three of these applications together on the Mac platform. ARCHICAD + Rhino + Grasshopper—Match Made in Heaven for Some That day has finally arrived. GRAPHISOFT has announced this week that their Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection, an extension product to ARCHICAD that establishes a live 3D modeling connection between Grasshopper and ARCHICAD, is now available for Mac users. 01 – The Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection—now available for Mac. The connection, developed by the Hungarian BIM leader, leverages the strengths of three design environments: Rhino for advanced 3D modeling, plus Grasshopper for algorithmic design and modification of Rhino models, and finally ARCHICAD for Building Information Modeling (BIM).

GRAPHISOFT’s many Mac users can now tap into the design power offered earlier to Windows users that provides tools for a seamless bi-directional geometry transfer and allowing basic geometric shapes to be translated into full BIM elements while maintaining algorithmic editing functionality. Rhino and Grasshopper Users Demanded Mac According to Robert McNeel, CEO of McNeel & Associates, “The development of Rhino and Grasshopper for Mac OS is a response to our customers around the world who wanted to be able to work with our products on their favorite platform.” “We’re pleased to offer this revolutionary algorithmic design-to-BIM workflow to our Mac users as well,” says Peter Temesvari, Director of Product Management, GRAPHISOFT. Imkvextract 1.0 free download for mac.

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“The most popular algorithmic design solution, combined with the best architectural BIM solution, running on designers’ most popular platform, ensures the best design experience possible. Learning More and Downloads To download and for Mac, ARCHICAD users are invited to visit McNeel’s websites. To download the free Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection plug-in for ARCHICAD 20 on Mac OS, please click. For more information about the Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection, please visit.

This tool enables Rhino/Grasshopper and ARCHICAD to communicate directly in order to create and manipulate a BIM model in full or in parts through Grasshopper’s visual scripting interface. Designers whose work is currently based on either Rhino/Grasshopper or ARCHICAD can leverage its functionality to their advantage. The live, associative and bi-directional nature of the connection enables users to build versatile workflows and utilize the connection in multiple scenarios — using both Apple Mac OS or Microsoft Windows operating systems. In projects where the design is primarily determined by using the Rhino-Grasshopper toolset, users can apply the GH-AC Connection to convert the design into a full BIM model and still retain some of the algorithmic editing capabilities. In other cases, Rhino/Grasshopper (or other Rhino plug-in) can be used to complement an existing BIM project with algorithmic functions or freeform modelling environment in any stage of the design process. In these situations, the framework or reference geometry for the part designed in Grasshopper can be taken directly from ARCHICAD itself. Grasshopper-ARCHICAD Live Connection V2.0 The latest update of GRAPHISOFT’s Grasshopper-ARCHICAD live connection opens a new level of intelligent workflows between the two design environments (algorithmic design and BIM).

With the brand new “Deconstruct” function, users can now use their BIM models as the backbone of their design, adding algorithmic design logic using Grasshopper. This allows designers to maintain the basic design logic in BIM (such as the base geometry of the building) and extend that with intelligent design details that follow changes in the core design. A simple example is demonstrated in the video below, where building survey data about the built environment is being used to re-create the building information model of an urban environment after a recent earthquake in Italy.