Caddisfly is an Add-on for Grasshopper.
It produces Space Structures Nodes & Bars in 3D formatted labeled, Ready for CNC Fabrication.
Download Video!Caddisfly is getting Ready to start Creating!
Caddisfly is an Add-on for Grasshopper (algorithmic modeling Plug-in for Rhino). It's a series of tools for Complex Structures and Free Forms Detail Designing. The main idea has been based upon having the process from Conceptual Design, Analyze to Construction on Free Form Structures Automatically by less than 5 clicks. It is being developed by Python and C# both for a better flexibility up and running for different components. Caddisfly defines some phases of progress related to special structural systems which (Space Frames, Single Layers, Grid Shells, ...) We will inform you for any metamorphosis of it.
Caddisfly is meant to help designers and engineers to think bigger and more creative.
We are ready to take part beside your design, analysis and fabrication process.
Free forms could possibly be complicated to build but, they are amazingly beautiful.
When it comes to design special and unique, there are much more accuracy and details have to be considered in order. One of the biggest steps forward is to know what you think could be real. There are lots of ways to design fluent and construct efficient. Integrated Engineering is our way as a background attitude on facing this issue. As it can provide a high range of relativity and proportioned scenarios between parameters, we try to define it for a better (integrated) responding to the path through. Mostly those projects have been designed by greater innovations and creativity which all need to have an adaptation process toward construction are great to face for high level of solutions. One of the greatest kinds of these projects are free forms. Free forms are actually challenges for designers to design optimized, for analyzer to check the behavior and for contractors to construct because of high accuracy needed. One of major steps is form finding and optimization which should be defined from the beginning.
Different Versions of the Add-On
Both Single Layers and Double Layers are covered in this Add-On. It is also under development for other systems too.
Main Version for Single Layer Structures
It uses Mero 2 version of detailing and heading to be adapted to other ones too. Just less than 7 Clicks!
CaddisFly Larva Ver: Double Layer Space Frame Structures
Larva is actually defined for Mero systems but it is meant to be used for free forms in any kind. The most sophisticated part is to handle the bolts location on spheres which now can get done by Larva.
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Nodes in just 10 Minutes!
Special Features
Caddisfly has bunch of features described here, it also is under developing for more optional user friendly version.
