The latest, freely available version comes with some neat new features. Besides many bug-fixes, the plug-in for Rhinoceros® features the following new tools for a more advanced form finding of funicular structures: Enhanced and easy-to-use form diagram generation; Define guide curves to more easily control the form and force diagram; Improved API to hack into RhinoVAULT for your project-specific application; ...and did you know? RhinoVAULT can also be used to design pretensioned cable net structures.
The latest, freely available version comes with some neat new features. Besides many bug-fixes, the plug-in for Rhinoceros® features the following new tools for a more advanced form finding of funicular structures: Include tension elements to create new, exciting funicular structures, set bounds on force magnitudes to more easily control local force distributions, use the new API to hack into RhinoVAULT for your project-specific application.
We are happy to announce the release of RhinoVAULT v1.0. The new freely available version comes with additional features and a much faster solver implementation. Besides many bug-fixes the Plug-in for Rhinoceros® features new tools for a more interactive and intuitive form finding of funicular structures.
This tutorial will guide you through the basic steps to design a simple vaulted structure.
This tutorial will guide you through the basic steps to design a simple vaulted structure with open edges. It will be shown how the force diagram can be manipulated in order to change the shape of the vault.
This tutorial will guide you through the steps to design an asymmetric vault with multiple open edges and varying support heights. It will be shown how opening can be integrated and how different techniques can be used to visualize the result.
This case study tutorial will guide you through the steps to design an asymmetric vault inspired by the Great Court roof structure. It will be shown how a form diagram is created based on complex boundary conditions using a patched surface.
This case study tutorial is based on the tutorial 4. It will guide you through the steps to design an asymmetric vault inspired by the Great Court roof structure. The tutorial will show how to use a straight forward approach to optimize the structure of the compression-only shell.
This case study tutorial is based on the tutorial 5. It will guide you through the steps to design an asymmetric vault inspired by the Great Court roof structure. The tutorial will show how to change the height of supports and how the force diagram can be manipulated in order to change the shape of the shell.
This case study tutorial will guide you through the steps to design a roof structure inspired by the design for the Stuttgart 21 Main Station. The tutorial will show how create a compression shell with openings and how to define and change support conditions.
This tutorial will illustrates how the settings of rhinoVAULT influence the corresponding commands.
RhinoVAULT v1.1.0.0. now features RhinoVAULT-specific scripting methods callable in all your scripts (rhinoscript, ironpython). This enables you to easily access RhinoVAULT data such as node coordinates, connectivity information, force magnitudes and more. Please use the example files under "API Scripting Examples" provided with the download package.
This tutorial will guide you through some form finding examples in which explicit tension elements are used to design funicular structure. Please check out the corresponding Rhino tutorial files included in the download package.
This tutorial will guide you through a form finding example in which bounds are set to specific edges in the force diagram (force magnitudes) to easily control local force distributions and consequently the shape of the structure. Please check out the corresponding Rhino tutorial files included in the download package.
This tutorial will guide you through an example in which the form diagram is generated through constrained triangulation for a given boundary conditions. This way one can create form diagrams from a given trimmed surface representing the structure in plan. Please check out the corresponding Rhino tutorial files included in the download package.