Volumetric Modelling components for Rhino Grasshopper.
Axolotl provides a set of volumetric modelling components for Rhino Grasshopper. They come as GH user objects and most of them are Python scripts. The range of possible applications is quite broad, it can do a lot of things. It is not fast! It is thought and used as a teaching resource.
Axolotl is also hosted on food4rhino: food4rhino.com/app/axolotl
Join the community on grasshopper3d: grasshopper3d.com/group/axolotl
Axolotl is continuously being developed at Digital Building Technologies DBT / ETH Zurich as a project, part of a research stream.
More about the research on volumetric modelling can be found here: dbt.arch.ethz.ch/research-stream/volumetric-modelling/
signed distance fields (SDF), voxel, function representation (FRep), constructive solid geometry (CSG), implicit surfaces, lattice generation
Copy the content of the folder UserObjects into the corresponding special folder of your Grasshopper installation (Grasshopper: File > Special Folders > User Object Folder). You should then see a new tab Axolotl2
appear in the GH toolbar, containing the Axolotl components.
As most of the user objects are Python scripting components, you will also need to install GHPython plugin from here: food4rhino.com/app/ghpython
DBT - Digital Building Technologies / ITA - Institute of Technology in Architecture / ETH Zurich / Mathias Bernhard / [email protected] / github: worbit