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BullAnt
ADDON. Version 1.5.12.0. Released on 2022-Jan-17. Provides 59 components. Created by Jon Mirtschin. Features 40 video tutorials.
BullAnt is a Rhino3d/Grasshopper plug-in primarily for Architects and Engineers (but also other Rhino/Grasshopper users) featuring computational design tools to enhance and extend the parent program and other 3rd party plug-ins. BullAnt features commands including mesh relaxation (minimal surfaces), mesh inflation (ETFE cushions), symmetry automation, tessellation (polygon packing), structural modelling/sketching (including parametric generation in Grasshopper), geodesic domes and curve network processing. Also included are commands to model members such as steel beams. International standard profiles are included in the plug-in library, which can be easily extended with custom user profiles. Parametric profile from a property table can be applied to a document layer (swept along all curves within layer) or discrete curves. Profile table may be exchanged with external software. Swept profiles are updated automatically if rail curve is altered by user.
BullAnt
| Break Down Blocks (ggBB) Break Blocks down to base geometry and layer names | |
| Cell Fillet (ggCF) Fillets a cell polygon | |
| Conv Curve (ggCC) Convert Curve to polycurve consisting of lines and arcs | |
| Polyline To Poly Curve (ggPl2Pc) Convert Polyline to polycurve consisting of lines and arcs | |
| Create Tree From Lists (ggTFL) Create Tree from two Lists | |
| Network Fillet (ggCNF) Fillets a curve network | |
| Curve Network Force Density (ggCNFD) Force Density application to Curve Network | |
| Curve Network Force Eq Length (ggCNEqL) Force Density application to Curve Network to achieve equal length | |
| Network Patch (ggCNP) Create a curve network patch | |
| Network Polygons (ggCNP) Polygon from Curve network | |
| Network To Mesh (ggCNM) Convert a curve network to Mesh | |
| Connect Points (ggCP) Dot to Dot, Truss Style | |
| Connect Point Sets (ggCPS) Dot to Dot in Sets of points | |
| Dynamic Path Mapper (ggDPM) Dynamic Path Mapper | |
| Mesh False Color (ggMFC) False Color applied to Mesh | |
| Profile Angle (ggAng) Generates an Angle Profile | |
| Profile Channel (ggU) Generates an Channel (U) Profile | |
| Profile CHS (ggCHS) Generates an Circular Hollow Section Profile (Solid if no Thickness) | |
| Profile C (ggC) Generates an Circular Section Profile | |
| Profile IBeam (ggIB) Generates an I Beam Profile | |
| Profile Rect (ggRect) Generates a Rectangular | |
| Profile RHS (ggRHS) Generates a Rectangular or Square Hollow Section Profile (solid if no thickness) | |
| Geo Dome (ggGD) Geodesic Dome | |
| Search Profile (ggSP) Search Catalog for Profile | |
| Create Section Prop (ggSP) Create Structural Section Property | |
| Identify Voids (ggV) Identify Voids from a Brep | |
| Inflate Mesh (ggInflate) Inflate Mesh | |
| Inflate Mesh Target Height (ggInflateToHeight) Inflate Mesh to Target Height | |
| Inflate Surface (ggInflateSrf) Inflate Surface | |
| Lines To Segments (ggLTS) Split list of lines into colinear segments | |
| Inflate Params (ggIP) Inflate Params | |
| Mesh Paths (ggMP) Mesh Paths along face edges | |
| Force Density Relax Params (ggFDRP) Force Density Mesh Relaxation Params | |
| Mesh Repel Verts (ggMRV) Force Density Mesh Vertex Repelling | |
| Mesh Resize (ggMR) Resize Mesh | |
| Mesh To Brep (ggMTB) Convert Mesh to Brep | |
| Force Density Relax (ggFDR) Force Density Mesh Relaxation | |
| Oc Tree (ggOT) Geometry Gym OcTree | |
| Poly Curve (ggPC) Interpolate Poly Curve | |
| Polyhedron (ggPH) Generate Polyhedron | |
| Profile On Curve (ggPOC) Orients Profile on Curve | |
| Proximity Points (ggPP) Geometry Gym Proximity Points | |
| Remove Duplicates (ggRD) Make set of curves without duplicates | |
| Simplify Polyline (ggSPl) Simplify Polyline by merging co-linear segments | |
| Curves Split Intersect (ggCS) Split curves at Intersection Locations | |
| Sweep Profile (ggSweep) Sweeps Profile on Curve | |
| Tessellation (ggT) Generate Tessellation | |
| Truss From Curves (ggTC) Divide and Connect curves, Truss Style | |
| Truss From Curves Length (ggTCL) Divide and Connect curves by length, Truss Style | |
| Unroll (ggU) Unroll Surface | |
| Vector Streams (ggVS) Geometry Gym Vector Streams, work in progress, do not rely on results as may change in future revisions | |
| Insert Point Generate Insertion Point | |
| Generate Angle Generates an Angle Profile | |
| Generate Channel Generates an Channel (U) Profile | |
| Generate CHS Generates an Circular Hollow Section Profile | |
| Generate Univ Beam Generates an Universal Beam ( I ) Profile | |
| Generate RHS Generates a Rectangular or Square Hollow Section Profile | |
| Search Section Prop Search Catalog for Structural Section Property | |
| Truss Type Truss Type: 0 - PRATT, 1 - WARREN, 2 - VIERENDEEL, 3 - BROWN, 4 - HOWE |
Site design © Robin Rodricks.
BullAnt and associated data © 2022 Jon Mirtschin.
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