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It consists of a solver library and a set of Grasshopper components. Installation instructions and a draft manual are included with the latest download. Kangaroo is now included with Rhino 6 and 7 and if you are using a current version you do not need to download or install it from here.
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ADDON. Version 2.3.3.Released on 2019-Dec-15.Provides 98 components.Created by Daniel Piker.Features 33 video tutorials.
Components for form-finding, physics simulation, geometric constraint solving and optimization
| Goals-Angle |
| Goals-Co |
| Goals-Lin |
| Goals-Mesh |
| Goals-On |
| Goals-Pt |
| Main |
| Mesh |
| Utility |
Mesh
| By Parent(ByParent) Refine a Mesh, separating outputs by parent face |
| Checkerboard Attempt to separate a mesh into 2 lists of non-adjacent faces |
| Diagonalize(Diag) Replace each edge with a new face |
| Face Face Offset(FaceFace) Offset a conical mesh so that corresponding faces are constant distance apart |
| Fold Angle(FoldAngle) Measure the current angle between two triangles about their common edge |
| Hinge Points(HingePoints) Get the 4 points for each internal edge to use in a Hinge Force |
| Combine&Clean(Clean) Combine and Clean a list of meshes, removing unused and duplicate vertices |
| Mesh Corners(MC) Extract corners sharper than some angle |
| Mesh Direction(MD) Sort the face directions of a mesh |
| Mesh Map(MeshMap) Map points from one mesh to another |
| Mesh Turn(Turn) Rotate the vertex order of each face |
| Naked Vertices(NV) Sorts the vertices of a mesh into 2 lists according to whether or not they are surrounded by faces |
| Refine Divide each quad into 4 quads, and each triangle into 4 triangles |
| Refine Strips(Strips) Directional subdivision, refines quads in one direction only |
| Simple Remesh(SimpleRemesh) Isotropically remesh a Brep or Mesh |
| Stripper Divide a mesh into strips |
| Tangent Circles(TC) Generate face incircles, circle packing centred on vertices, or incircular dual |
| Unroller Unroll a strip of quads |
| Vertex Neighbours(VN) Returns the positions of the vertices connected the given vertex by an edge |
| Warp Weft(WarpWeft) Separate the edges of a mesh into 2 lists according to Warp and Weft direction |
| Remesh By Colour(RemeshByColour) Remeshing with edge lengths dependent on the vertex colours of the input mesh |
Goals-Mesh
| Conicalize(Conical) Adjust a quad mesh to make vertices conical - so the mesh has a face-face offset (See the paper 'The focal geometry of circular and conical meshes' for details). Use together with Planarize |
| Cyclic Quad(CyclicQuad) Make a quadrilateral have a circumscribed circle |
| Developablize Turn a triangular mesh into developable patches with creases. Based on the paper 'Developability of Triangle Meshes' by Stein, Grinspun & Crane |
| Edge Lengths(EdgeLengths) Set the edge lengths of a mesh |
| Hinge Hinge |
| Isothermic(Iso) Make a quad mesh S-Isothermic, as described in the paper 'Quasiisothermic Mesh Layout' by Sechelmann, Rörig & Bobenko |
| Live Soap(LS) For generating minimal and CMC (zero and constant mean curvature respectively) meshes which adapt their connectivity during relaxation to maintain triangle quality |
| No Fold Through(NoFoldThrough) To stop the sides of a hinge passing through each other |
| Planarize Planarize |
| Plastic Hinge(PH) Like Hinge, except folding beyond the plastic/elastic threshold will alter the rest angle |
| Polygon Area(PolygonArea) PolygonArea |
| Pressure A force normal to each triangle, and proportional to its area |
| Smooth Smooth |
| Soap Film(SG) For generating zero mean curvature meshes |
| Tangential Smooth(TSmooth) Smooth a mesh only in the local tangent planes. Used in conjunction with SoapFilm |
| Tangent Incircles(TangentIncircles) TangentIncircles |
| Vertex Loads(VertexLoads) Apply equal vertical loads to all vertices of a mesh |
| Volume Set the total volume of a mesh |
| Wind Wind |
Goals-Pt
| Anchor Anchor |
| Anchor XYZ(AnchorXYZ) Fix a point only along chosen world axes. If you need to reset the initial position, disconnect then reconnect the Point input. |
| Bomb(B) Causes an explosion after a given number of iterations |
| Coincident(C) Equivalent to a zero length constraint between a pair of points |
| Floor Floor |
| Magnet Snap(MS) Snap points together according to proximity |
| Plastic Anchor(PlasticAnchor) PlasticAnchor |
| Transform Keep a given transformation between 2 points |
| Load Load |
Goals-Lin
| Clamp Length(ClampLength) Keep length within given bounds |
| Constant Tension(CT) An element which adapts its stiffness to maintain a constant force |
| Direction Align a line segment with a given vector, or if none supplied, the closest of the World XYZ vectors |
| Dynamic Weight1d(DW) A load in the negative Z direction, which updates its magnitude according to the length of the line |
| Equal Length(EqualLength) EqualLength |
| Length Ratio(LengthRatio) Maintain a fixed ratio between the lengths of a pair of lines |
| Length Snap(LengthSnap) Snap length to whole number multiples of a given number |
| Plastic Length(PL) This tries to preserve the length of the line elastically, until it is deformed beyond the limit, then its rest length gets changed |
| Length(Line) Length(Line) |
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Goals-6dof
| Align Faces(AlignFaces) Align faces of a pair of rigid bodies |
| Beam Beam resisting bending and torsion |
| Concentric Align axes of a pair of rigid bodies |
| Rigid Body(RigidBody) RigidBody |
| Rigid Point Set(RigidPointSet) A set of points which maintain their relative positions |
| Solid Collide(SolidCollide) Collision between a pair of solids |
| Solid Plane Collide(SolidPlaneCollide) Collision between a plane and a solid |
| Support Set support conditions for a beam end or rigid body |
Main
| Show Show |
| Grab This lets you drag Kangaroo particles in Rhino viewports |
| Bouncy Solver(BouncySolver) Solver with momentum |
| Solver The main component where Goals are combined and applied |
| Soft & Hard Solver(Soft&HardSolver) Solver with separate inputs for soft goals, and hard constraint type goals |
| Zombie Solver(ZombieSolver) A version of the solver component which keeps all iterations internal, and outputs the final result |
| Step Solver(StepSolver) Solver which advances only when input refreshed. Useful for making animations |
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Goals-Angle
| Angle Angle |
| Angle Snap(AS) Snap the angle between 2 lines to the closest whole number multiple of a given value |
| Clamp Angle(ClampAngle) Keep an angle between 2 lines within a given range |
| Equal Angle(EA) Equalize angles between multiple pairs of lines |
| G2 Maintain curvature continuity between 2 nurbs curves |
| Rod Bending and stretching resistant rod |
Goals-Col
| Collider Collisions between thickened line segments and spheres |
| Curve Point Collide(CPC) Keep a set of points outside or inside a given 2d curve |
| Curve Collide(CC) Collisions between closed curves in a given plane |
| Image Circles(ImgCircles) Circle packing with sizes from image colours |
| Solid Point Collide(SPC) Keep a set of points outside or inside a given Mesh |
| Sphere Collide(SC) Collisions between large numbers of equal sized spheres |
Utility
| Dot Display(Dot) Show points as round dots |
| interconnect Points(inter) Draws one line between every pair of points in a list |
| Möbius Transformation(MB) 3d Möbius Transformations of any geometry using 4d rotation |
| remove Duplicate Lines(dupLn) Removes similar lines from a list. |
| remove Duplicate Pts(dupPt) Removes similar points from a list |
| Split At Corners(SplitAtCorners) Break a polyline into multiple parts based on angle |
Goals-Co
| Co Circular(CoCircular) CoCircular |
| Co Linear(CoLinear) CoLinear |
| Co Planar(CoPlanar) CoPlanar |
| Co Spherical(CoSpherical) CoSpherical |
Goals-On
| On Curve(OnCurve) Keep a point on a given Curve |
| On Mesh(OnMesh) Keep a point on a given Mesh |
| On Plane(OnPlane) Keep a point on a given plane |