Digital tools

VOLUM3

VOLUM3 enables construction professionals to collaborate on projects from any Internet-connected device with access to all project documents, contracts, RFIs, submittals, schedules, drawings and more.

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Ladybug

Performs detailed analysis of climate data to produce customized, interactive visualizations for environmentally-informed design.

Ladybugtools Grasshopper parametric design
Honeybee

Creates, runs, and visualizes daylight simulations using Radiance and energy models using OpenStudio and EnergyPlus.

Ladybugtools Grasshopper parametric design
Butterfly

A plugin and a python library to create and run advanced computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations using OpenFOAM.

Ladybugtools Python Grasshopper parametric design
Dragonfly

Dragonfly enables the creation of district-scale models for energy simulation with URBANopt, electrical infrastructure simulation with OpenDSS, renewables optimization with REopt, and urban heat island modeling with the Urban Weather Generator (UWG).

Ladybugtools Grasshopper parametric design
TIE for Rhino

TIE (Tensegrity Integration Element) for Rhino is a tool to design tensegrity structure system. Tensegrity structure is composed by cable and strut. The cable of the structure is under tension and the structs are under compression. Among Tensegrity structure system, Simplex and Rhombic system, were chosen to develop for this tool.

Rhino parametric design
Jellyfish

Provides an intuitive and fast way to model, manipulate and visualize implicit geometries through Grasshopper’s visual programming user interface and geometry3Sharp’s fast isosurface generation algorithm.

Grasshopper parametric design
GluLamb

A toolkit for modelling free-form timber structures creating straight, single-curved, and double-curved glulams with specific cross-section dimensions with different options for orienting the cross-section - a single vector, multiple vectors, a rail curve, a surface, etc.

Rhino parametric design biobased
Starfish

Allows parametric generation of various patterns, focussing on 2d tessellations that can be used to create structural systems based on topological interlocking principle.

Grasshopper parametric design
Wallacei

An Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization and Analytic Engine for Grasshopper 3D to give users efficient access to the data outputted by their evolutionary simulations, and enable clear and efficient methods for analysis and selection.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Pufferfish

A set of 330 components which focuses on Tweens, Blends, Morphs, Averages, Transformations, & Interpolations - essentially Shape Changing, mainly using parameters and factors for inputs for more custom control over operations like tweens and grids as opposed to grasshoppers usual division count inputs.

Rhino Grasshopper parametric design
Rabbit

An open-source plug-in for Grasshopper that simulates biological and physical processes, provides an easy way to explore natural phenomena such as pattern formation, self-organization and emergence.

Grasshopper parametric design
RhinoVAULT

Provides an intuitive, fast funicular form-finding method, adopting the same advantages of techniques such as Graphic Statics, but offering a viable extension to three-dimensional problems.

Python Rhino Grasshopper Blender parametric design
Usercentricity Service Design Toolkit

This toolkit consists of handbooks and tools that support the adoption of a user-centric approach in the design of digital public services. It has been compiled in collaboration with OECD OPSI Toolkit Navigator, a curated collection of freely available toolkits, methodologies and case studies for public sector innovation.

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Usercentricity Services Repository

What are the best examples of user-centric public services in European cities and regions? How does user-centricity in local public services look like in practice? Browse the repository to learn more and add your user-centric service.

community usercentricities
Usercentricity Benchmarking Dashboard

Based on a list of curated indicators, the Benchmarking Dashboard ranks the performance of European cities and regions in designing and delivering digital services that focus on their citizens and their needs.

community usercentricities
CitiAIR

CitiAIR is an inventory of citizen science stories on air quality. This online interactive tool collects and compares air quality monitoring initiatives.

training & skills CitiMeasure EU-funded TSI
Guidelines on Behaviour & Policy change

These guidelines include 65 specific recommendations to identify, understand, and enhance policy and behavioural changes resulting from citizen science initiatives.

training & skills CitiMeasure EU-funded TSI
Guidelines on Competencies for Digital Inclusion

These guidelines unpack 27 clusters of skills, knowledge, and attitudes for digital inclusion of different actors in citizen science projects, as well as 32 specific recommendations on how to enhance those competencies better.

training & skills CitiMeasure EU-funded TSI
Open Badges

Open Badges is the world's leading format for digital badges. Open Badges is not a specific product or platform, but a type of digital badge that is verifiable, portable, and packed with information about skills and achievements. Open Badges can be issued, earned, and managed by using a certified Open Badges platform.

training & skills
Odyssea Academy Campus Digital Twin

The 3D digital twin of the Academy Campus approaches the physical space and its functions to students and visitors alike. It uses a digital tool as a learning spatial tool.

training & skills digital twin
ECOSIGN

Helps designers to reduce the environmental impact of food packaging, electrical & electronic goods and textile & clothing products during their life-cycle, including the use of raw materials and natural resources, manufacturing, packaging, transport, disposal and recycling.

training & skills EU-funded Erasmus+
VISUALARQ

Flexible BIM for Rhino. VisualARQ is an architectural design software which enhances Rhino by adding powerful architectural object styling and dynamic documentation tools which adapt to fit your workflow.

BIM Rhino parametric design
ASHVIN DIGITAL TWIN TOOLKIT

Along with the concept of the IoT-driven digital twin platform, ASHVIN introduces a digital twin toolbox that extends existing ICT methods and innovations from low technology readiness levels to proven technical solutions at the system or the sub-system level. All developed innovations are built upon the ASHVIN digital twin platform and are linked to digital twin data.

digital twin EU Horizon 2020
Virtual Environment

Integrated suite for accurate whole building performance simulation. Used by sustainable design experts around the globe, the Virtual Environment (VE) is an in-depth suite of integrated analysis tools for the design and retrofit of buildings. The platform leverages a world-leading simulation engine to allow cross-team collaboration between architects, engineers and contractors, from concept design to operation. Embedding energy and performance analysis into the heart of the design process, and across the entire building lifecycle.

digital twin IES
Intelligent Community Design

3D Sustainable Urban Design and Early Stage Masterplanning. Undertake sustainable masterplanning from the earliest project stages, even when data is sparse or non-existent. Go beyond just zoning and massing and integrate analysis across a wide range of sustainable metrics. iCD, a plug-in to SketchUp, undertakes energy analysis using the proven VE simulation engine, so you can be assured of robust and reliable results.

digital twin IES
Intelligent Virtual Network

Building Integrated Energy Decarbonisation Feasibility. The iVN suite allows local energy decarbonisation options to be quickly and easily assessed for any new or existing development. Integrate electricity, heat, cooling, and water networks with real or simulated building energy demand data. Then include electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable generation or district heating options.

digital twin IES
Intelligent Control and Analysis

A Single Platform to Tackle Energy Hungry Buildings. iSCAN allows you to centralise any time-series data from different building and energy management systems, utility portals, IoT sensors and historic files in one platform. Organise and analyse this data to gain intelligent insights to improve building or portfolio operation and uncover hidden savings.

digital twin IES
IES Live

Next Generation Building Energy and Carbon Management. Never settle for a building that uses excessive energy, costs you more, and is pulling you away from your sustainability targets. It’s time to take control. To reduce energy risk, increase resilience, unlock net-zero potential, and deliver healthy and comfortable spaces.

digital twin IES
X-tendo

X-tendo and its toolbox introduce ten features of the next generation of energy performance certificates, to provide public authorities with improved compliance, reliability, usability and convergence of next-generation energy performance assessment and certification.

energy EU-funded Horizon 2020
eQUEST

eQUEST® is a sophisticated, yet easy to use, freeware building energy use analysis tool that provides professional-level results with an affordable level of effort. eQUEST was designed to allow you to perform detailed comparative analysis of building designs and technologies by applying sophisticated building energy use simulation techniques but without requiring extensive experience in the "art" of building performance modeling.

energy freeware
DOE-2

DOE-2 is a widely used and accepted freeware building energy analysis program that can predict the energy use and cost for all types of buildings. DOE-2 uses a description of the building layout, constructions, operating schedules, conditioning systems (lighting, HVAC, etc.) and utility rates provided by the user, along with weather data, to perform an hourly simulation of the building and to estimate utility bills.

energy freeware
Synavision

With our “Digital Test Bench” software, we offer you a high-performance IoT platform to centrally collect and process the diverse data in a modern building. This enables you to use very different solutions to improve the efficiency of your buildings and save costs at different levels.

IoT energy
OpenStudio

OpenStudio® is a cross-platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux) collection of software tools to support whole building energy modeling using EnergyPlus and advanced daylight analysis using Radiance. OpenStudio is an open source project to facilitate community development, extension, and private sector adoption.

energy
Artificial-Intelligence-Augmented Cooling System for Small Data Centres

ECO-Qube is a holistic management system which aims to enhance energy efficiency and cooling performance by orchestrating both hardware and software components in edge computing applications.

ECO-Qube smart Artificial Intelligence CFD
Getfloorplan

Getfloorplan is an AI-driven service that allows users to quickly and easily create detailed 2D and 3D floor plans, as well as 360° virtual tours. Using Getfloorplan, users can upload a floor plan or sketch in just one minute, and the AI will take care of the rest. With Getfloorplan, users can expect a full pack of high-quality materials in just half an hour, at an affordable price. The service is designed to be simple to use, with a widget available at all devices, and tools to rotate, research, and step through the plan.

Artificial Intelligence
ARCHITEChTURES

ARCHITEChTURES is a generative AI-powered building design platform to help design optimal residential developments in minutes, rather than months.

Artificial Intelligence building
IACrea

Introducing IACrea, an AI-powered home redecoration application. Transform any space with easy-to-use tools to declutter, furnish, decorate, and renovate virtually.

Artificial Intelligence
ArchitectGPT

ArchitectGPT is an AI-powered design tool that creates stunning visual designs for homes and properties based on uploaded photos. The tool offers 10-65+ design themes to choose from, including Modern, Art Deco, Rustic, and others, catering to the needs of architects, real estate professionals, and interior designers.

Artificial Intelligence
OpalAI

OpalAi lets anyone with a phone create a floorplan/BIM with a simple walkthrough. The fastest solution to generate 2D and 3D floor plans for spaces of any size.

Artificial Intelligence
Digital Blue Foam

Innovation in Spatial Analytics and AI-Generative Design. Software that empowers design, consultants, and planning leaders to excel in project delivery and urban development by leveraging the latest technology.

Artificial Intelligence
GeoDa

GeoDa is a free and open source software tool that serves as an introduction to spatial data science. It is designed to facilitate new insights from data analysis by exploring and modeling spatial patterns.

geodata GIS open scource
QGIS

QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.

geodata GIS open source
Connecting Nature-Based Enterprises

The Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform (CNEP) launched in 2020 as a response to research findings that identified thousands of Nature-Based Enterprises (NBEs) working for and with nature. These enterprises often operate in isolation with little recognition, networking or support. CNEP offers nature-based enterprises a platform where they can connect with their peers, learn about good practices and market trends. The platform connects Nature-Based Enterprises with potential buyers highlighting their expertise.

platform EU-funded Horizon 2020
Rayon

Rayon is a browser-based architectural design software, a multiplayer-first experience. Better than CAD, simpler than BIM, Rayon is the ideal software for designing floor plans.

design platform
Urban Platform

A web solution designed for governments that provides the digital twin of the city, and delivers a real-time view of every street, plus insightful analytics to support decision-making and increase the efficiency of the city operations.

platform digital twin
greenpass Check

AI-based platform for climate proof and green real estate portfolios in line with EU taxonomy

Artificial Intelligence climate greenpass
greenpass Kit

Climate, Water, Wind, Biodiversity, Energy and Cost up to official greenpass (Pre-)Certification and EU Taxonomy compliance: no matter the challenge, select the respective modules from the greenpass Kit to optimize the resilience of your real estate and open spaces successfully by reducing your risks.

climate energy greenpass
Midjourney

Midjourney is a research lab that specializes in text-to-image AI technology. It offers a simple, user-friendly interface. By joining the Beta version, users can access Midjourney's Discord channel, where they can communicate with an AI bot.

Artificial Intelligence image
Maket

Maket is a generative AI design tool that specializes in automated residential planning. The platform is designed to enable architects, designers, builders, contractors, and developers to create floorplans, navigate zoning codes and explore design styles through fast and iterative AI-driven software.

Artificial Intelligence platform
Grasshopper

For designers who are exploring new shapes using generative algorithms, Grasshopper® is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools. Unlike RhinoScript, Grasshopper requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe-inspiring.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
FID BAUdigital

The FID BAUdigital platform continues to offer services for research services in the disciplines of civil engineering, architecture and urban planning with a focus on digital methods and technologies.

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Hermit Crab

Hermit Crab by jim.peraino for Grasshopper is a tool that analyzes floorplans to find zones that aren’t conducive to social distancing — areas like aisles or workstations where there isn’t enough room for two people to pass while maintaining the CDC-recommended six feet apart. It highlights these areas so that designers and owners can help mitigate risks by adjusting furniture or controlling traffic patterns.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Chameleon

Chameleon creates a live link between Grasshopper and Zbrush to quickly exchange geometry and parametrically set up command sequences. Quickly send preset commands or your own custom ZScript to Zbrush.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Monoceros

A suite of tools for optimally occupying an Envelope with discrete Modules, where the spatial relationship between those Modules can be constrained by a set of user-defined Rules. By using the Wave Function Collapse algorithm, it provides an innovative and fast solution to the emerging architectural problem of Discrete aggregation for purposes of design, architecture and urban planning.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Stripper

A toolkit developed for Grasshopper (Rhino 3D's Parametric Canvas) it focuses on the versatile nature of meshes, providing various effective functionalities for working with and editing mesh topology.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Caterpillar

Caterpillar GH is the Grasshopper 3D implementation of the Caterpillar Library which allows for the conversion between different systems of measurement. Designed for simplicity of use, it delivers a fast simple conversion between common systems of measurement covering, Angle, Area, Energy, Force, Length, Mass, Pressure, Speed, Temperature, Time, and Volume.

interop Grasshopper parametric design
GeoDex

GeoDex GH is the Grasshopper 3D implementation of the GeoDex Library a collection of around 150 curve, surface, and volume equations. These equations consist of a mix of Polar, Cartesian, and parametric equations depending on which was either available for the given type or produced the most controllable results when plotted in Rhino.

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Bumblebee

Provides interoperability between Grasshopper and Microsoft Excel . The component set allows for the transfer of data back and forth between GH and XL and gives the Grasshopper user access to many of excels analytic tools and graphic elements. The goal of Bumblebee is to create a series of components which allow for variable levels of engagement with Excel, from simply transferring a large set of data between the programs at high speeds, to creating a highly graphically coordinated charts and data sets.

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Curve Plus

Curve plus is a collection of curve modifier components developed over several years and wrapped up in this little library. The components range from simply exposing Rhinocommon curve commands, like spirals and control point weighting, to new tools like blending corners and a range of radial spirals. These components integrate into existing Grasshopper Curve, Vector, and Mesh tabs.

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Graphic Plus

Graphic Plus makes it incredibly easy to create graphically rich SVG files, bitmaps, and canvas previews from simple geometry inputs. Just plug geometry Curves, Breps, and Meshes into the drawing component to render them to a frame. Then preview this frame in canvas, export to an SVG file or bitmap with variable resolution. Pass geometry through graphic components to add strokes, solid fills, gradient fills, and effects to layer graphics onto the geometry.

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Surface Plus

Surface Plus is a collection of brep and nurbs surface utilities. The components range from simply exposing Rhinocommon curve commands, like blending, analysis, and offsetting, to new tools like grids, sub-surfacing, and iso surfacing. These components integrate into existing Grasshopper Surface and Curve tabs.

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Excel Plus

This plugin for Grasshopper 3d makes it simple to construct and deconstruction Excel Workbooks without the need to have Excel installed. Open and Save Excel Files or Read and Write to Memory streams for compute setups or other data-focused purposes. Control the formatting of Cells, Ranges, Worksheets, and Workbooks and read/write data and formulas. Built on top of ClosedXML.

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Bitmap Plus

Bitmaps can be created pixel by pixel, imported, or generated and previewed live in the canvas. Both System Drawing Bitmaps and Bitmap Plus Image objects can then be used in a series of components. Procedural noise bitmaps can be generated using components built on the Fastnoise algorithm. Images can then be manipulated using over 100 methods made available from the Accord Imaging Library.

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Three Plus

This plugin was developed to allow for the creation of visually rich scenes for model representation in a ready-to-view format. Scene construction is based on merging Geometry, Lights, Scene Elements, Cameras, and other Helpers and Post Processing elements into the Scene component. The Scene object output from this component can then be written to a Page or JSON output. Building up elements for a Scene can be done in the following categories.

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Color Plus

Color Plus is a simple plugin that adds a small set of components that make the creation and previewing of color palettes and conversion to Hex, OLE, and other web-friendly color formats easy. The component set also holds standardized color collections for Windows system standard , Material Design pallets, RAL, and others.

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UI Plus

The Ui Plus plugin is an easy-to-use toolkit for building custom user interfaces for Grasshopper 3d. The plugin provides a robust set of controls and visualization elements built on WPF from sliders to text fields. These elements dynamically interact with grasshopper creating the ability to modify a grasshopper definition from a custom front end. Additionally, Ui Plus integrates Live Charts which contains a wide range of data visualization elements from line graphs to scatter plots and heat grids enabling greater user feedback from Grasshopper data.

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Mesh Plus

Mesh Plus is a plugin for Grasshopper 3d that brings a wide range of mesh topological and geometric editors.

interop Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Flatworm

Flatworms are colorful free swimming ocean worms, that in accordance with their name, are flat! Similarly, atleast in terms of flatness, Flatworm is a GHPython implementation of the pure-python module RFQM.py for generating 'rigidly foldable quadrilateral meshes' (RFQM) in Grasshopper, that are flat foldbale! Such meshes may be used to create complex and flexible structures out of rigid materials, as no mesh face is ever deformed in the folding process.

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Anemone

Anemone enables you to create loops in Grasshopper.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Crystallon

Crystallon is an open source project for creating lattice structures using Rhino and Grasshopper3D. The goal is to generate lattice structures within Rhino’s design environment without exporting to 3rd party software, with the advantage of modularity and the ability to combine other powerful tools available for Grasshopper3D. Each tool is left as a cluster which can be opened and modified at will, in the spirit of open source.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Fox

Series of algorithms for Graphs, Aggregations, Iso-surfaces.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
NGon

Mesh NGon and Timber Joinery Methods for Grasshopper and Rhino 6: NGon Create, Vertex, Edge, Face Adjacency queries, Subdivide, Planarize, Transform, Utilities. Please check the example files to understand the workflow.

Learn Visual Programming Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
OpenNest

Tools for Digital Fabrication. 2D Polyline Packing for fabrication such as laser or CNC cutting.

Learn Visual Programming Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Cocoon

Cocoon is a fairly straightforward implementation of the Marching Cubes algorithm for turning iso-surfaces into polygonal meshes. It is geared specifically toward wrapping existing geometric elements, and works with combinations of points, breps and curves, allowing users to vary a number of parameters that enhance sculptural potentials.

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Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton is a grasshopper plug-in designed for for converting networks of connected lines into thickened, wireframe meshes. The algorithm it relies on is relatively simple and is described in detail here by Vinod Srinivasan, Esan Mandal and Ergun Akleman. The algorithm manages the intersections between multiple struts at a given node through the use of a convex hulling strategy.

bespoke geometry
Treesloth

As a 3D CAD software suite, Rhino+Grasshopper is, at its core, a means to create, transform and manage data. Grasshopper’s explicit visual scripting interface structures these operations through the use of DataTrees. Treesloth emerged as a series of tools applied in both professional and research practice to help better negotiate the the types of data relationships within (and between) Grasshopper definitions that enable more complex operations.

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Human UI

Human UI is a new interface paradigm for Grasshopper. Create professional looking Grasshopper apps with custom user interfaces without writing any code.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Strawberry Tools

Strawberry Lab is an initiative to create free tools for structural engineers to tackle specific bottle-necks in their workflow. Tools that we are creating are automating areas of modelling and loading for cases with large amounts of structural elements, interoperability with professional software package SCIA Engineer is established by provided components. Components are grouped by structure type.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Silkworm

Silkworm is a plugin that translates Grasshopper and Rhino geometry into GCode for 3d printing. Silkworm allows for the complete and intuitive manipulation of the printer GCode, enabling novel printed material properties to be specified by non-solid geometry and techniques of digital craft.

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Conveyor

Conveyor is a geometry and data management plugin for user-friendly compatibility between Rhino® and Revit® software applications. Conveyor enables you to translate your Rhino geometry into BIM elements without the need for complicated workflows or advanced interfaces.

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Semantic

Semantic is a plugin for Rhino that enables users to create, assign, and manage custom property data in their models – marrying the utility of BIM with the geometric flexibility of Rhino. With Semantic, you can: Define custom properties for your Rhino models in a user-friendly, no-code, interface; Generate live reports in Rhino to aid in your data-driven design workflow; Extract your Rhino model data for use in Business Intelligence reports; Create interactive 3D reports in Microsoft Power BI.

Proving Ground Grasshopper Rhino BIM parametric design
Tracer

Tracer is a standalone toolkit for creating interactive 2D and 3D diagrams of BIM objects with Microsoft® PowerBI® software. The toolkit comes in two flavors: Revit and IFC.

Proving Ground Grasshopper Rhino BIM parametric design
Lunchbox

LunchBox is a plugin for Grasshopper – a computational design platform availing in Rhinoceros 3D. LunchBox provides simple components for performing common parametric modeling operations including surface tessellation, geometry analysis, and data workflow.

Proving Ground Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Conduit

Conduit is a Grasshopper plugin that enables designers to create live data visualizations within the Rhinoceros 3D viewport. You can use Conduit to create reports that update with your parametric Grasshopper model.

Proving Ground Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Hoopsnake

Hoopsnake is a component that enables feedback loops within Grasshopper by creating a copy of the data it receives at it's input upon user request and storing it locally. This duplicate is made available through a standard Grasshopper parameter output. The input of the component includes some custom programming to escape Grasshopper's recursive loop avoidance check.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
DROID - 3D PRINT SLICER AND PATH PLOTTER

roid is a 3D printing related Grasshopper Plug-in Library add-on, with control over model Slicing, Custom paths and Gcode generation. Designed to be used from small desktop 3d Printers, up to large scale Robotic Fabricators using FFF technologies and running from Gcode.

Grasshopper Rhino 3D parametric design
Atträctor

Tool to transform grids according to given attractor geometry. By using the Graph Mapper, a built-in Grasshopper component, the user can avoid most of the proximity calculations. The Graph Mapper can now be used to explore the mechanism of attractor point transformation. This makes it a simple and intuitive tool to get quick results, especially for Grasshopper beginners.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
VORONOIZE

Create Voronoi Structure From Any: Closed PolySurface; Open PolySurface; Non-Planar Surface; Planar Surface; Mesh.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
Karamba3D

An interactive, parametric engineering tool that allows you to perform quick and accurate Finite Element Analysis (FEA). It has been specially tailored to the needs of design professionals in the early design phases.

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OCTOPUS

Made for Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization. It allows the search for many goals at once, producing a range of optimized trade-off solutions between the extremes of each goal. It is used and works similar to David Rutten's Galapagos, but introduces the Pareto-Principle for Multiple Goals.

Grasshopper Rhino parametric design
tOpos

tOpos is a 3D Topology Optimisation plugin which is using GPU for computation acceleration. It is based on CUDA technology provided by NVIDIA. Current version of tOpos require NVIDIA graphic card with Cuda Computation Capability (cc) higher or equal to 3.0. Thanks to GPGPU tOpos is almost 100X faster then competitive TO plugins for Grasshopper!

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Shortest Walk

The ShortestWalk add-on for Grasshopper exposes one component which, given a network of curves and a list of lines, calculates the shortest route from line start point to line end points in a network. It is based on a topology calculator and the A* search algorithm.

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Starlings

Starling mesh tools. These components enable mesh parametrization, so it behaves like a surface - you can evaluate points at any place etc. Is it accurate ? - not at all, but give it just a minute and you'll probably fall in love. Mesh morphing, remeshing, smooth curves evaluation (see group image), 3d convex hull and last but not least - slFastMesh - which will enable you to stop thinking about meshing parameters and start playing.

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Chromodoris

The goal of this library is to provide efficient and simple functionality to extend the creation, usage and display of meshes. There are multiple available, in-depth and powerful solutions for some of what is covered by this library. This is not intended as a replacement, but rather a simple, efficient, and functional alternative particularly for use in dealing with large quantities of data and geometry.

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Hummingbird

Facilitates the creation of Revit native geometry. This process exports basic geometric properties and parameter data to CSV text files which is used to describe many aspects of the Revit BIM geometry. In Revit this data is easily imported using the Whitefeet Modelbuilder tool (included).

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SkinDesigner

SkinDesigner enables the rapid generation of facade geometries from building massing surfaces and repeating, user-defined panels.

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OctaTree

The OctaTree plugin includes 3 capsules. They provide the algorithm of voxelization, based on octree structure. It works much faster then, f.e. a creating of the definition with a 3D array of points.

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Fractals

Fractals is a plugin for Grasshopper that allows users to create 3 different types of mathematically generated fractals. These fractals are derived from the following mathematically generated patterns: Fermat Spiral (Vogels Sunflower); Diffusion Limited Aggregation (Drunken Man Algorithm). A component for Boids has also been added.

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Chimpanzee

Rewritten in C# (much faster) and works with Rhino 6, Rhino 7 and Rhino Mac. The major new feature is the escape-time algorithm (Mandelbrot set, Julia set, Burning Ship fractal) which enables even deeper zoom (10^-14) beyond Rhino threshold and coloring of the fractals based on the iterations.

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Tundra

Tundra is a one stop grasshopper plugin for generating complex noise patterns. Includes noise generators as well as lots of useful methods such as filters, modifiers, combiners, transformations...

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Culebra.NET

A 2D|3D Multi Object Behavior library written in C# (Wrapper around Culebra Java library) focused on hybrid system interactions with custom Visualization, Data, and performance features. It contains a collection of objects and behaviors for creating dynamic multi agent interactions.

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Squid

Squid enables to create drawings using Grasshopper. By utilizing Data Trees it can also render animations (as .png sequences) thanks to procedural approach. A marriage between raster and vector imaging, bounded with parametric interface.

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Jellyfish

Provides an intuitive and fast way to model, manipulate and visualize implicit geometries through Grasshopper's visual programming user interface and geometry3Sharp's fast isosurface generation algorithm, which utilized marching cubes algorithm with Parallel Computing option.

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Impala

Impala replicates common bottleneck Grasshopper operations with a focus on efficiency, allowing complex scripts and static simulations embedded within Grasshopper to make use of all available computational capacity. This is primarily evident in scripts that deal with thousands of objects or rely heavily on numerical or physically-based computations.

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Elk

Elk is a set of tools to generate map and topographical surfaces using open source data from OpenStreetMap.org and USGS.

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Kangaroo3D Physics

Kangaroo is an interactive physics/constraint solver and Grasshopper plugin for designers. A form-finding, optimized, and constraint-solving engine.

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Rhino 3D

Rhino is the most versatile of all 3D modelers, a jack-of-all-trades used in many industries: architects & engineers, marine designers, jewelers, landscape designers, and educators.

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Finch

Finch utilizes AI, graph technology, and advanced algorithms to optimize and challenge your design – Taking it to the next level. It continuously enhances your input, allowing you to achieve the exact design you want. Optimized.

Grasshopper Rhino Artificial Intelligence parametric design
ShapeDiver

ShapeDiver offers essential tools and scalable infrastructure to develop robust 3D online applications using Grasshopper files, allowing you to focus on your business requirements rather than dealing with cloud computing complexities.

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Meshedit

Meshedit is a set of components which extend Grasshopper's ability to work with meshes.

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GHSL - Global Human Settlement Layer

A framework providing innovative spatial data mining technologies for the automatic processing, analytics and knowledge extraction from large amount of heterogeneous spatial data.

visualisation urbanisation data
EURAC KPI DATABASE

Open KPI database for building sector
Urban Data Platform Plus

It provides access to information on the status and trends of cities and regions, to EU supported urban and territorial development strategies and to the local dimension of Sustainable Development Goals.
Davos Baukultur Quality System

an instrument enabling the assessment of Baukultur qualities in places with the help of the following eight criteria: Governance, Functionality, Environment, Economy, Diversity, Context, Sense of Place and Beauty.
Space matters: A methodology for CityLabs

Robust and flexible methodology that could be applied to future CityLabs
Strat-Board

an interactive tool - part of UDPplus - that provides a visual overview of Sustainable Urban Development (SUD), Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) strategies and Community-led Local Development (CLLD)
Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor

A tool to assess and benchmark European cities vis-à-vis their peers, using both quantitative and qualitative data.
Eurostat - Regions and Cities Illustrated (RCI)

Tools with an urban focus
ECMT Road Transport Platform

A constantly-evolving interactive tool, it fosters decision-making by members through analysis and development of recommendations on best practices, to be agreed by the member country ministries.
KNOWLEDGE FOR POLICY PLATFORM

Knowledge4Policy (K4P) is the EU Commission's platform for evidence-based policymaking.
NUTS converter

The ‘NUTS Converter’ is an open, web-based tool enabling the conversion of European regional statistical data between different versions of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) classification.
Tada Manifesto

Values for a responsible digital city
Magnific

Magnific achieves high-res upscaling, enhance & transform, reimagining details guided by prompts and parameters.

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Immersity

Immersity generates depth in digital imagery, converting plane images and videos into 3D experiences.

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ComfyUI

Open source AI model to advance and democratize AI tooling believing believe that the future of AI tooling is open-source and community-driven.

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Kling

Kling is a text-to-video AI tool, empowering users with video generation capabilities, allowing them to create artistic videos.

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Text-to-CAD

Text-to-CAD is an open-source prompt interface for generating CAD files through text prompts. Generate models that you can import into the CAD program of your choice.

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D5 Render

Design & visualization solution with built-in AI capabilities. Workflows for SketchUp, Rhino, C4D, 3ds Max, Archicad, Vectorworks, Revit and Blender.

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Lookx

Next generation AI platform for architects & designers with plugins for Rhino and SketchUp.

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Krea

KREA is a design tool with AI inside.

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Hypar

Hypar is a design automation platform for buildings, allowing users to create and share design logic so everyone can build better.

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Veras

Veras is an AI-powered visualization app for SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, Vectorworks, and the Web that uses your substrate for creativity and inspiration.

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Stable Diffusion

Stable Diffusion is an advanced text-to-image AI model, excelling in photorealism, processes complex prompts, and generates clear text.

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Helix

Helix converts SketchUp and AutoCAD files to native Revit components allowing you to sync your models seamlessly.

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Plans2BIM

Convert 2D plans into BIM online with the help of AI from scanned or CAD plans (PDF, PNG, JPEG).

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Spacio

Design, analyse, and run compliance control on properly structured building models - directly in a browser.

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Fabrie

Digital whiteboard that runs both locally with secure file storage and collaboratively online with all the AI tools.

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