4.1. Flexhopper – Building Simplexity Lab

August 23 2022

03. Soft Collision

Andreeq Bunica 4.1. Flexhopper, Particle Systems & Agent-Based Design

4.1.03. soft collision

Date published: August 23, 2022

PROCEDURE

1. Define the mesh sphere as soft body with specific soft parameter
2. Use Triangulated mesh as the soft body constraint
3. Define the XY plane as the collision plane
4. Define the body parameters including the plasticity and friction
5. Run the solver
6. Extract the soft bodies from the flex
7. Preview the mesh in render mode with instant bake

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

References: Heinz Benjamin, FlexHopper (by Pennjamin), https://www.food4rhino.com/app/flexhopper, Accessed August 6, 2020.

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1.89 MB | 1296 downloads

August 23 2022

02. Fluid Fountain

Andreeq Bunica 4.1. Flexhopper, Particle Systems & Agent-Based Design

4.1.02. fluid fountain

Date published: August 23, 2022

PROCEDURE

1. Define a starting fountain generator with velocity
2. Attach a timer to refresh the generation of particles
3. Define the boxes and planes as collider
4. Setup the parameter on particle performance
5. Connect the required data to the solver and run
6. The result particles are displayed as point cloud

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

Heinz Benjamin, FlexHopper (by Pennjamin), https://www.food4rhino.com/app/flexhopper, Accessed August 6, 2020.

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1.86 MB | 1235 downloads

August 23 2022

01. Fluid Simulation

Andreeq Bunica 4.1. Flexhopper, Particle Systems & Agent-Based Design

4.1.01. fluid simulation

Date published: August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION

FlexHopper offers very fast, particle-based physics simulation, allowing simulation of fluids, rigid and soft bodies, textile and spring systems, and inflatables to which collision geometry and/or custom constraints can be added.

PROCEDURE

1. Define the starting particles and its nature
2. Defining planes as wall to contain the particles
3. Setup the parameter on particle performance including particle radius, collision performance, viscosity, surface tension, etc.
4. Define the steps of processing per time
5. Connect the required data to the solver and run
6. The result particles are displayed as point cloud

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

References: Heinz Benjamin, FlexHopper (by Pennjamin), https://www.food4rhino.com/app/flexhopper, Accessed August 6, 2020.

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1.74 MB | 1449 downloads