Jul 22, 2011

GH-PlugIn to visualize vectorfields

v1.0.1.0 release for grasshopper 0.8.0013


flowL is a plug-in to visualize a vector field, generated trough positive and negative point charges.
The path lines are calculated with the "Runge-Kutta 4th Order Method" short "RK4", developed by the German mathematicians C. Runge and M.W. Kutta. around 1900.



you can find it in the download section


- vectorfield: 
     generated with 2 positive (magenta) and 1 negative (cyan) charges       
- streamlines/pathlines:  
     paths following the directions of the vectorfield
- equipotential lines
     marks the areas with the same potential


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hallo,

could it be that the downloadable version of FlowL already expired?
I just downloaded it, but as soon as i connect the components it says: trial version expired.

Is there a usable release available?

best regards,
Julian

christoph hermann said...
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christoph hermann said...
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christoph hermann said...

hey uto ,

thanks for the plugin, works nice.
We were working once at uni with streamlines as well

generative design


Ended up using a method to adjust placement and density of the lines via delaunay triangulation



cgal ed streamline placement



at that time we didn't know how to script it so ended up using the provided demo on the website.

Just thought could be an interesting feature to implement ...

Anyway thanks

c