How the Divers Plugin was born
Why a decade of Grasshopper scripts became the public Divers Plugin: to skip compilation delays on the web, share logic, and track changes in version control.
Edwin Hernández
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Thinking about computational design
Longer pieces on computational design, configurators, and automation in AEC and manufacturing, how we build ShapeDiver, and conversations with the designers who use it.
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High-Complexity 3D Configurators: Automate Manufacturing Output with ShapeDiver + Grasshopper!
Learn the difference between simple and high-complexity 3D configurators and why ShapeDiver shines with the latter.
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Skip the Coding: Build Your 3D Configurator with Grasshopper + ShapeDiver!
In this article, we’ll examine two possible ways to build an online 3D configurator and how that affects its total cost of ownership.
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Designers Corner: Yves Ebnöther!
Swiss industrial designer Yves Ebnöther on parametric furniture, material optimization, his Stool around the MAK project, and teaching at ZHAW.
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Designers Corner: René Medel from framas!
René Medel, computational and industrial designer at the footwear component maker framas, on shoe lasts, Grasshopper, and technology in footwear design.
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The Efficiency Boost: Computational Design in AEC | Live Webinar
A live webinar on computational design in AEC with CORE studio, Webb Yates Engineers, Construsoft, and Cake Houses, and how they use ShapeDiver.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your First Online 3D Product Configurator with ShapeDiver
Three steps to your first online 3D product configurator: prepare the Grasshopper file, pick a ShapeDiver plan, and integrate it into your website.
Ezequiel López
5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Grasshopper!
Five lesser-known uses of Grasshopper: parametric images and textures, PDF files, turning images into curves, and importing and exporting DXF files.
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Modularization & Prefabrication In AEC
How off-site, prefabricated, and modular construction, automation, and venture capital could raise productivity in AEC, with Chris Aerts of APlusV.
Ezequiel López and Alex Walzer
Can Cloud Applications Help Solve Fragmentation In The AEC Industry? | Pt. 2
Part 2: what AEC can learn from manufacturing and software, and how cloud applications simplify data creation and interoperability.
Ezequiel López and Alex Walzer
Can Cloud Applications Help Solve Fragmentation In The AEC Industry? | Pt. 1
Part 1: why AEC has low productivity and margins despite its size, where its value is wasted, and how fragmentation within projects holds it back.
Ezequiel López and Alex Walzer
Mass Customization, the Next Big Trend in eCommerce
What mass customization is, what it brings e-commerce (faster delivery, less inventory, lower costs), and five steps to put it into practice.
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