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Wasp
ADDON. Version 0.5.004. Released on 2021-May-20. Provides 59 components. Created by Andrea Rossi. Features 1 video tutorials.
Wasp is a set of Grasshopper components, developed in Python, directed at representing and designing with discrete elements. The description of each individual part includes basic information necessary for the aggregation process (part geometry, connections location and orientation). The set of connections define the topological graph of the part, which is then used to define the possibilities of aggregation with other parts. The core of the framework relies on a set of aggregation procedures, allowing generation of specific structures from the combination of different modules. Each of these procedures is composed of strategies for the selection of basic aggregation rules, described as an instruction to orient one module over a selected connection of another module. Currently available procedures include stochastic aggregation and field-driven aggregation.
1 | Elements
| Attribute Attribute to be attached to a part | |
| Collider Generate a collider for a given geometry. | |
| Connection From Direction Create a connection on a given part geometry from center and X-asix direction (Z direction is determined based on the normals of the component geometry) | |
| Connection From Plane Create a connection from a given plane. It can create connections which cause collisions and overlapping of components | |
| Deconstruct Attribute Extract values stored in an atrribute | |
| Deconstruct Collider Deconstruct a collider object. | |
| Deconstruct Connection Extract information from a Connection. | |
| Get Attribute by Name Extract values stored in an atrribute with the given name. | |
| Get Valid Smart Attributes Get the valid smart attributes from a given aggregation. | |
| Smart Attribute Smart Attribute to be attached to a part |
7 | DisCo VR
| DisCo Aggregation Setup Setup aggregation information for DisCo | |
| DisCo Environment DisCo enviroment data | |
| DisCo IO Settings DisCo placement settings | |
| DisCo Placement Settings DisCo placement settings | |
| DisCo Player DisCo Player settings | |
| DisCo Rule Group Export Wasp information for DisCo VR software | |
| DisCo Tool Settings DisCo tool settings | |
| Export to DisCo Export Wasp information for DisCo VR software | |
| Load From DisCo Loads an aggregation from a DisCo-generated .json file (e.g., a saved game session). | |
| Save to DisCo Saves current status of an aggregation to a .json file, to be imported into DisCo for further aggregation |
5 | Fields
| Deconstruct Field Generates a scalar field given a grid of points and their relative scalar values | |
| Field Iso Voxels Compute a voxel-mesh of the given field at the chosen iso-level. | |
| Field Isolines Draws isolines across a field object --> WIP Component: might be incomplete or contain bugs! <-- | |
| Field Points Generate a 3d point grid to be fed to the field component | |
| Field Generates a scalar field given a grid of points and their relative scalar values | |
| Load Field from File Loads an aggregation from a previously saved .txt file | |
| Orient Field Changes the base plane of the field, with the effect of creating a transformed copy. | |
| Save Field to File Saves current status of an aggregation to a .json file. |
2 | Parts
| Advanced Part Create a Wasp Part with additional constraints (supports, additional colliders) | |
| Basic Part Create a basic Wasp Part to be used for aggregation | |
| Deconstruct Part Extract all information stored in a part. Useful for visualization or for further geometry processing | |
| Filter Parts by Name Filter a list of parts according to part names | |
| Get Part Geometry Extract the geometry of one part (for visualization or further processing). | |
| Parts Catalog Part Catalog. It allows to define a fixed number of each type of part to be used in a stochastic aggregation. | |
| Transform Part Applies a geometric transformation to an existing part, returning a transformed copy |
6 | Aggregation
| Aggregation Graph Extract the aggregation graph. | |
| Field-driven Aggregation Aggregate the given parts according to a given scalar field | |
| Graph-Grammar Aggregation Sequential aggregation based on graph-grammars. --> WIP Component: might be incomplete or contain bugs <-- | |
| Load Aggregation from File Loads an aggregation from a previously saved .txt file | |
| Save Aggregation to File Saves current status of an aggregation to a .json file. | |
| Save Graph to File Saves current status of an aggregation to a .json file. | |
| Stochastic Aggregation Aggregate the given parts in a stochastic process, selecting parts and rules randomly at every step |
X | Experimental
| Add Parts Add specific parts to an aggregation. --> WIP Component: might be incomplete or contain bugs <-- | |
| Assemble Part Hierarchy Applies a geometric transformation to an existing part, returning a transformed copy | |
| Get Parts Hierarchy Access sub-parts stored at different aggregation hierarchy levels --> WIP Component: might be incomplete or contain bugs <-- | |
| Remove Parts Remove specific parts from an aggregation. --> WIP Component: might be incomplete or contain bugs <-- | |
| Serialize Object to File Saves current status of an aggregation to a .json file. | |
| Update File This component doesn't update the installation |
3 | Rules
| Deconstruct Rule Extract information from a rule instance. | |
| Rule From Text Generate an aggregation rule from a text string description | |
| Rule Generate an aggregation rule from part names and connections ids | |
| Rules from Aggregation Extract aggregation rules from an aggregation | |
| Rules Generator Automated rules generator given a list of parts | |
| Rules Visualizer Visualize the provided rules. |
4 | Constraints
| Adjacency Exclusion Constraint Part Adjacencies and Exclusions Constraint. It allows to control if certain connection should be allowed to be in contact with other parts or not. | |
| Mesh Constraint Mesh collision global constraint | |
| Orientation Constraint Orientation Constraint. It allows to control if the part should be placed according to a custom orientation. | |
| Plane Constraint Plane global constraint | |
| Support Support definition for constrained parts. Each set of lines defining support locations can be set |
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