Elefront

ADDON. Version 5.1.5. Released on 01-Jan-0001. Provides 60 components. Created by Ramon van der Heijden & Alan Tai. Features 3 video tutorials.

The Elefront plug-in is all about managing model data and interaction with Rhino Objects. Elefront allows users to bake geometry to the Rhino model with the option of specifying attributes, including an unlimited amount of user defined attributes by means of key-value pairs. This way it is possible to treat a 3d Rhino model as a data base, where each object "knows" what it is, what it belongs to, which other object it relates to and in what way, what its size is, when it needs to be fabricated etc. Instead of trying to store geometry in a database, Elefront stores data in an "Geometrybase", hereby turning your Rhino model into a "Building Information Model" or BIM, for short. This data can be used for analysis, but also for referencing objects back into Grasshopper, based on one or more filters defined by key-value pairs that were defined upon baking, or that were added to the geometry with the "modify Rhino attributes" component. Storing all data inside Rhino geometry, will enable you to split up your Grasshopper process into manageable portions that multiple users can now use as input for further Grasshopper development.