Kangaroo for Grasshopper

Name: Kangaroo for Grasshopper
Rating: 4.2 (179 reviews)

Physics simulation engine for grasshopper

Last updated 11/2019

English

What you'll learn

6 sections • 33 lectures • 3h 7m total length

Intro to Bending Active structures4:25
Useful to read:
https://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/bitstream/11682/124/1/Diss_Bending_Active_Structures_Julian_Lienhard.pdf
http://www.novelstructuralskins.eu/wp-content/uploads/documents/Other/Educational/COSTActionTU1303_Intro_Bending-active.pdf
https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1119641/281922.pdf
Rod10:26
Bamboo6:49
Rod Goal2:19
Gridshell7:16
Gridshell uplifting10:28
Link to the video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87nhNg3ukk0
Geometry analysis13:41
Bending active plates6:14
Link to the reference project -> http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=4443

Useful to read:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289707025_Form-Finding_and_Design_Potentials_of_Bending-Active_Plate_Structures
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308112796_Bending-Active_Plates_Form_and_Structure
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321706976_Bending-Active_Plates_-_Strategies_for_the_induction_of_curvature_through_the_means_of_elastic_bending_of_plate-based_structures
http://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/acadia16_260.pdf
Plate mesh to surface3:02
Surface curvature8:23
Plate geometry analysis10:45
Hybrids8:54
Link to the video -> https://vimeo.com/50066718

Strong knowledge in Grasshopper (based on my other course)
Basic knowledge in ultra-lightweight structures (membranes, bending active etc.)

Kangaroo is a powerful engine created by Daniel Piker to simulate different phenomena in Grasshopper.

Learn how to create goals of different nature to simulate your structures.

Get introduced to peculiar structures, such as:

Note: This course presumes that you already know Grasshopper.

Kangaroo logo from Food4rhino

Music credit: BenSound (creative minds)