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Bowerbird is a plugin for Rhino and Grasshopper providing some tools for modeling.

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Grasshopper Group: https://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/bowerbird

Installation

  • Download Bowerbird.gha
  • Right-click the file > Properties > make sure there is no "blocked" text
  • Drag Bowerbird.gha to the Grasshopper window

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Features

  • Find asymptotic paths on freeform surfaces.

    Normal Curvature

  • Find principal curvature paths on freeform surfaces.

    Geodesic Torsion

  • Measure normal curvature, geodesic curvature and geodesic torsion on freeform surfaces.

  • Extrude and unroll curves on freeform surfaces.

  • Integrate curvature along curves.

  • Plot curvature fields.

  • Generate orthogonal waffle models with slits from freeform volumes.

    Waffle

  • Generate radial waffle models with slits from freeform volumes.

    Radial

  • Generate layer models with automatic overlap from freeform volumes.

    Layer

  • Generate generic slice models with slits from freeform volumes. Slice

  • Add labels with a CNC conform single line fonts.

    Text

  • Perform boolean polyline operations

Reference

If you use Bowerbird, please refer to the official GitHub repository:

@misc{Bowerbird,
  author = "Thomas Oberbichler",
  title = "Bowerbird",
  howpublished = "\url{http://github.com/oberbichler/Bowerbird}",
}

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