Links
UMN Architecture TA Resources - best practices & resources for Teaching Assistants
Software Downloads
Rhino Plugins
Food4Rhino (Plug-in Community Service; plugins for Rhino and Grasshopper)
PanelingTools (generate complex paneled surfaces in Rhino)
rhinoVAULT (funicular form-finding in Rhino)
ClimateStudio(Energy/Sunlight)
Grasshopper Plugins
Firefly for Grasshopper (links to Arduino)
Project Hummingbird (links GH & Revit)
Kangaroo (physics simulator)
Slingshot (connects GH with outside data sources)
LunchBox (super useful geometry shortcuts)
Rabbit (biological form-finding tool for GH)
Millipede (structural analysis and optimization)
DIVA (daylighting and energy modeling - for both GH and Rhino)
VisualARQ (BIM plugin for rhino)
Geometry Gym (BIM functionality in GH, sweep steel profiles, interoperability)
Digital Design & Fabrication Resources - UMN
College of Design - W.L. Hall Workshop and DigiFabLab
Digital Design & Fabrication Resources - Other Architecture Schools
MIT - Digital Design Fabrication Group
North Dakota State University - LAAVA Lab
Entourage Resource:
For Illustrator & AutoCAD (.ai & .dwg)
For Photoshop
Last updated by Daniel Banker - March 2023