Caddisfly Add-on for Grasshopper Main Poster

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Single layer space frame structures are a bit off chart of challenging projects yet are so amusing to handle via novel computational tools. Ava-Center has been designed by Floyd Motion Architects leading by Reza Daneshmir in Iran. The related structure has been built upon a sub-contractor known as Alusys.ir and Ardaena took part in Form-Finding and Tessellation Optimization processes. No matter how a free-form footprint based structure could be tough to manage for optimized design, in this project we tried to have everything modeled parametric, hence we could control the design alternatives. We did not use caddisfly here but based on the experience we got, Ardaena developed Caddisfly 01.01 afterwards for its own use, however, in compare to the time Ava-Center was designed by, if we had developed it before, we could save almost 4 months ahead to have everything modeled.

Ava-Center Single-Layer Free-Form Structure

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment that pairs with Rhino 3D, a software program also developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. Grasshopper allows users to build algorithms by dragging and connecting components on a digital canvas. From parametric modeling and fabrication, lighting performance analysis, to building energy consumption, Grasshopper provides an intuitive way to explore design without requiring programming experience.

Grasshopper

Kangaroo can generate structures in static equilibrium in a simple and intuitive way using dynamic relaxation. Once we have this equilibrium structure we can rearrange the force vectors to form such a reciprocal diagram. 

KANGAROO 

Weaverbird is a topological modeler that contains many of the known subdivision and transformation operators, readily usable by designers. Instead of doing the work repeatedly, or sometimes using complicated scripts, this plug-in reconstructs the shape, subdivides any mesh, even made by polylines, and helps preparing for fabrication.

Weaverbird 

Tennis Court is displaced on the roof of Iran-mall project located in Tehran, Iran. The project was under progression when we got invited to work on. Ali Karimbeigi Darian was the main façade consultant and Pars-Goofca had taken on the contractor responsibility. Ardaena team was asked to manage the algorithmic shop drawing of the façade structure double curved belts. The images below show the sine based curves of the façade. We were in charge of using Grasshopper3D to produce prefabrication documents in correspondence to tiny changes but automatically matched.

IranMall TennisCourt

AutoCAD

BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group

Innovative 100-home Community Breaks Ground in Austin Area in 2022

Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, and ICON, a construction technologies company pioneering large-scale 3D printing, announced a commitment to build the largest community of 3D-printed homes to date using ICON’s innovative robotics, software and advanced materials. Breaking ground in 2022, the 100-home community will be codesigned by the acclaimed architecture firm, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.

Read the full story at: https://www.iconbuild.com/updates/icon-and-lennar-to-build-largest-neighborhood-of-3d-printed-homes-codesigned

Largest Neighborhood of 3D-printed Homes In Austin, Texas 

ICON develops advanced construction technologies that advance humanity. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is shifting the paradigm of homebuilding on Earth and beyond.

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FDome

F.Domes’ tents are complex products with multiple configurable features. Potential customers have difficulties understanding the different accessories and characteristics simply by scrolling through different images on F.Domes website. They wanted to find a way to educate their potential customers on how the product works and on its specific characteristics to improve the quality of leads.

F.Domes wanted to increase the number of monthly leads, reduce the time spent on inquiries and shorten the sales cycle

The Sales team had to answer potential leads’ numerous basic questions about the product. They also had to quote each lead separately. F.Domes wanted to reduce the time spent on answering basic questions, explaining the different possible combinations and quoting each lead separately.

The solution: a 3D configurator: Klaas Nienhuis together with Frodo Schering (design and main contractor) and Innouveau (web development) built a 3D configurator for F.Domes using Sketchfab API.

Read more: https://sketchfab.com/blogs/enterprise/3d-configurators/manufacturing-fdomes

F.Domes Increased Qualified Leads by 30% with a 3D Configurator

Sketchfab is an online platform that allows users to manage, distribute, showcase, and buy & sell 3D/AR models

Discover Sketchfab - Your 3D content online and in VR

Sketchfab

MassMotion analysed a range of entry and exit scenarios at Stockton’s Grade II Listed Globe Theatre, due to reopen in September 2021 after a £20m+ refurbishment,  to ensure good crowd management on the public highway.

Consultants integrated the theatre’s Revit model with the Stockton town centre 3D model to produce comprehensive visualisations and analyses. Now the model has been developed in MassMotion, it can also be used assess customer experience for different events, to address security and social distancing concerns and to optimise use of bars and other facilities.

Read more at: www.oasys-software.com/case-studies/integrating-existing-data-sources-to-model-pedestrian-behaviour/

Globe Theatre, Stockton - MassMotion

Established in 1976 as the software house of Arup, Oasys is now recognised as a leading commercial developer of engineering software for structural, geotechnical, crowd analysis and pedestrian modelling solutions. Find out more about the people we serve, 

The World's Most Advanced Crowd Simulation Software

Oasys MassMotion: Software Development Kit Overview

Oasys MassMotion

Arup 

One of the major benefits of the platform is the ability for team members to view their project data virtually, without needing to do a site visit. Being able to look around their build, take measurements and gain a true understanding of what’s there has provided significant time and cost savings for the business.

“Cintoo Cloud has become a key part of our Reality Capture workflows. I’m able to share project data with both internal and external team members and people are interacting with the data all the time. It’s really easy to add someone in and it only takes about 10 minutes to show them how to use it and they’re off,” says Michael Alder, Regional Reality Capture Leader.

“One of the biggest benefits is that it enables us to get our clients more involved in the process. By giving them access to this information, they can walk through the building and immediately understand the scope of the project and what’s being done. This transparency and collaboration increase the value of what we’re doing across all disciplines.”

Read more at: https://cintoo.com/customer-stories/arup

Arup empowered by Cintoo Cloud

Cintoo Cloud is a cloud-based Reality Data management and collaboration platform. By transforming large point cloud data into 3D meshes, the data is now shareable, collaborative, and distributable with clients, contractors and your own teams.

Cintoo

COBOD

In July 2020, KampC unveiled the first two story house printed on site in Europe. The house is eight meters tall and has a floor area of 90 square meters and it is printed with Europe’s largest 3d concrete printer made by COBOD. You can find Flanders’ first 3D-printed model home on the premises of Kamp C in Westerlo, Belgium.

“What makes this house so unique, is that we printed it with a fixed 3D concrete printer”, says Emiel Ascione, the project manager at Kamp C. “Other houses that were printed around the world only have one floor. In many cases, the components were printed in a factory and were assembled on-site. We, however, printed the entire building envelope in one piece on-site.”

Read more at: https://cobod.com/kampc/

KampC: First two story building printed on site in Europe with BOD2

The BOD is a small 3D printed office hotel of less than 50 square meters located in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn.

The goal of this project was to demonstrate how 3D printing technology could be applied in the traditional construction industry in Europe. The idea for the project came from our participation in the Danish government-funded project “3D Construction Printing”, during which we visited more than 35 3D construction printing projects worldwide. We realized that Europe was falling behind, and we took on the challenge to be the first in Europe to 3D print a building fulfilling the strict building codes of Europe.

Read more at: https://cobod.com/the-bod/

THE BOD: Europe's first 3D printed building

A Custom Revit Add-in to automate the blockwork. It automatically converts walls to bricks. 
Tecomat’s main objective is to remain competitive by optimizing its internal design processes while delivering the best and quickest results to its clients.

After analyzing their Mansory design process, specifically the blockwork modeling in Revit, they concluded that placing brick by brick and fit them in the walls is a super inefficient and error-prone task that must be fully automated.

Reduction of production costs, increased efficiency, and quality gains were the objectives that led them to look for a bespoke solution.

Read more at: https://diroots.com/custom-software-development/case-studies/revit-automation-tecomat-custom-revit-add-in/

Tecomat - Custom Revit Add-in

👋 DiRoots is a Software Development Company specialized in the development of custom Autodesk, Bricsys, Bentley add-ins, web-based applications, and much more. 

DiRoots

This project is a 3D-Printed Steel Floor Prototype for a Lunar Habitat. It is a collaboration between the European Space Agency - ESA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and MX3D. 

Read more at: 

https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/mx3d-3d-prints-prototype-lunar-habitat-floor

https://www.universetoday.com/152425/this-is-a-3d-printed-steel-floor-prototype-for-a-lunar-habitat/




Prototype Lunar Habitat Floor

With over 10.000 kg of metal 3D printed objects and over 40 man-years of experience since 2014, MX3D is the company that brought large-scale robotic wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) and its market to life and made enabling 3D metal printing more flexible, faster and cheaper.

Now, MX3D is ready to transform the market further by launching the first dedicated robotic WAAM software enabling companies, engineers and designers to print end-to-end large-scale 3D metal objects in-house.

MX3D became immediate innovation leader in 3D metal printing by presenting its jaw-dropping 12 meter long fully functional 3D printed stainless steel pedestrian bridge which will soon be installed in the heart of Amsterdam.

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FDome

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