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

Tutorials

• Waffle framing for Breps by IIT DC 2016
• Waffle example by Parametric Curiosity
• Layer models with Bowerbird and OpenNest (German) by Team Digital

Features

• Find asymptotic paths on freeform surfaces.

  

• Find principal curvature paths on freeform surfaces.

  

• 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.

  

• Generate radial waffle models with slits from freeform volumes.

  

• Generate layer models with automatic overlap from freeform volumes.

  

• Generate generic slice models with slits from freeform volumes.

• Add labels with a CNC conform single line fonts.

  

• 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}",
}