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karamba 1.0.3
karamba 1.0.3 contains these new features. For a complete list of features and bug-fixes click here. All flavors of Karamba come in one installer. Karamba components now conform to the standard Grasshopper data matching behavior. The installation folder contains approximately 180 examples and tests (see ‘Karamba/Examples’) Each Karamba specific object (e.g. beam, cross section, model,..) [...]
Simply Rhino – Grasshopper L2 Course
Simply Rhino will be offering Grasshopper courses on 8-10 April 2013 in London which will also include karamba. “The aim of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of parametric modelling using Grasshopper and its numerous free and open-source plugins with an Architectural application. You will learn to link your models to environmental and structural [...]
Figural Studies Workshop 2013
Master of Architecture students at the Knowlton School of Architecture participated in a one week Figural Structures Workshop using karamba3d. Over the course of the workshop, which ran from January 10-16, approximately one-half of the KSA’s second and third year MARCH class learned to use parametric geometric modeling, finite element calculations and optimization algorithms to [...]
Installing PRO or STUDENT licenses
A guide to installing your STUDENT or PRO license for karamba. One single license can be installed on two computers. Install the latest version of grasshopper (0.9.xxxx) from grasshopper3d.com. Download the latest karamba from here and install the TRIAL version. Open Rhino as Adminstrator. Place the karamba License component on the grasshopper canvas and right click on the red “K” icon. Save the “machine.id“ file [...]
Installing karamba3d 1.0.2 for Rhino5
A guide to installing karamba3d 1.0.2 for rhino5. Install the latest version of Rhino 5.0 Evaluation 2012-09-27 and Grasshopper 0.9.0014. Grasshopper will install itself in \Program\Grasshopper for Rhino5\ (for Windows XP ) or \Program Files (x86)\Grasshopper for Rhino 5\ (for Windows 7). Download and install the latest karamba3d version 1.0.2 from here. Ensure that you have uninstalled all previous versions of [...]
3rd Parametric Design Workshop Leipzig
Clemens Preisinger will be presenting karamba3d at the 3rd Parametric Design Workshop in Leipzig from 6 – 10 December. Click for further workshop details.
Intensifs Numériques – Digital Design Literacy 2
Clemens Preisinger will be presenting karamba3d in his lecture, “Make your forces dance – parametric structural modeling with Karamba” as part of a lecture series for Intensifs Numériques - Digital Design Literacy 2 at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Malaquais. 18:45 at the Amphi 2 des Loges on Monday 01 October. Nowadays highly complex architectural designs are possible by using parametric approaches. [...]
AAG (Advances in Architectural Geometry) 2012
Arne Hofmann will present the paper Multiple natures – Fibrous Tower on the Taiwan Tower with Kristina Schinegger, Stefan Rutzinger of soma architecture & Dieter Hauer of Bollinger-Grohmann-Schneider at the AAG (Advances in Architectural Geometry) conference in Paris on September 27.
Karamba 1.0.0
karamba3d 1.0.0 is out now. It can be downloaded from the downloads page now. The most notable new feature (besides a number of other things) is the inclusion of shell elements and corresponding components to retrieve principal stress lines, iso lines and force flow lines. For a comprehensive guide to all new features please refer to [...]
Gridshell Digital Tectonics – SG2012
This 4-day workshop at SmartGeometry 2012 focused on the design and construction of a wooden gridshell using only straight wood members bent along geodesic lines on a relaxed surface. Using parametric tools, the design was developed and analyzed to minimize material waste while maximizing its architectural presence in the space. In addition, a feedback loop [...]
Plateformes – Points de Vue
Three unusual points of view in the city, temporary architectural structures interact with the surrounding urban environment. The aim of the 3 projects is to give unusual sights over the city during a summer cultural event “Voyage à Nantes“ taking place every two years – mostly related to contemporary art. LE VORONOÏ / BOUFFAY NEIGHBOURHOOD – ALLÉE [...]
Parametric Design Course in Madrid
Clemens Preisinger will be teaching karamba 3d in collabora how to win a guy tion with Diego G. Cuevas as part of a Parametric Design Course at the Controlmad Advanced Design Center (Rhino FabLab) in Madrid. Registrations close July 15th, 2012. zp8497586rq
Gridshell Digital Tectonics
For the Smart Geometry 2012 Workshop in February, David Shook prepared a brief introduction into Karamba and finite element analysis (FEA). Click here to view the full article. Karamba is a finite element analysis (FEA) program like many others, but has novel application in the parametric environment for real-time structural analysis. The analysis automatically updates [...]
Spring Challenge 2012
The IoA SPRING CHALLENGE event was an international design workshop intended for architecture students to explore integrated digital design and fabrication tools. Architectural Design was taught as an integrated, multidisciplinary process. Following this tradition, the design process was enriched with structural testing of parametric models in Karamba, a structural analysis plugin for Grasshopper. The handling [...]
Music Pavillion at IASS
Manfred Grohmann will present the parametric engineering of the Music Pavillion Salzburg at the IASS 2012 in Korea.
Skylink at IASS
Manfred Grohmann will present the parametric development and the implementation of the Skylink Bridge at the IASS 2012 in Korea.
2nd Parametric Design Workshop Leipzig
The 2nd Parametric Design Workshop was held at the HTWK Leipzig from 5 January to 9 January 2012. Clemens Preisinger was presenting karamba3d at the workshop. You can find images from the workshop on grasshopper3d the website of the htwk Leipzig.
IASS-IACM 2012 Conference
A new approach for the design of load bearing regular or free shaped single layer grid structures is introduced. Contrary to conventional methods a form is not directly generated by geometrical or physical rules acting on surface particles. Instead of this a multitude of different solutions is generated and analysed. Focal points to do so [...]
