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EvoluteTools Lite for Rhino

by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2011-05-11 13:11
Plug-In for: Architecture, Industrial Design, Interface & Analysis, Manufacturing, Marine, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering Rhino 4.0

 

Designing and optimising panel layouts made easy

 

EvoluteTools Lite is a free Rhino plugin allowing intuitive design of panelizations using multi-resolution mesh modeling and mesh optimization. Meshes can be optimized for closeness to a reference surface, fairness (smoothness) of its polylines and several other goals. No strings attached: unlimited mesh size, no cost and no patents. When you run the plugin for the first time a registration window will appear asking for your email address, where you will automatically receive your license key.

Features:
  • multi-resolution mesh modeling
  • global and local subdivision rules
  • specification of vertices as anchor/corner points
  • mesh editing tools
  • mesh optimization for:
    • closeness to reference surfaces
    • fairness
    • sphere packings
  • hybrid meshes (mixtures of triangles, quads, pentagons, hexagons, ...)
  • modeling and optimization of N-gon meshes (PolyMeshes)
  • analysis modes:
    • closeness to a reference object
    • planarity of panels
    • edge length distribution
Plug-in rating:
4.166665
Average: 4.2 (6 votes)
Downloads:
Title Release Notes
EvoluteTools 2.0 Documentation
2012-Mar-22
 Some users reported not being able to display the contents of the help file so we added a PDF print of the documentation.  
878 downloads
Version: 0.0.0.0
EvoluteTools Lite 2.0
2012-Jan-30
 EvoluteTools Lite is a free Rhino plugin allowing intuitive design of panelizations using multi-resolution mesh modeling and mesh optimization.  
1729 downloads
Version: 2.0.0.0
 

    
     
    
        

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2012-05-16 15:49.  


  

    
Nappy,

we will post a video of it soon. I just want to remind users that crease support is only available in the PRO version.

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by nappy123 on Mon, 2012-05-14 05:07.  


  

    
Dear all,


Does anyone have an example or seen an example of how evolute tools handles kinked/creases surfaces? I have yet to see an example of this anywhere...mostly just all smooth freeform.


Please feel free to see my profile pic to get a better indication of what I am referring to.


Many thanks!

Nappy

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by jutjub on Tue, 2012-05-01 13:47.  


  

    
Hi, thank you for help with license issue.

I have a question about "ET Optimization Options Improtance".

I dont have four parameters that I saw on tutorial - coplanarity, planarity, conical and circular. I need them to make planarity optimization. Thank you in advance for help.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2012-05-02 10:23.  


  

    
The features you referred to are only available in the PRO version. The Lite feature list is just above the download button. If you are a student you could use the PRO version for free at your school if they become and Evolute.Link member, get them interested:

http://www.evolute.at/software/evolutetools-for-rhino/evolute-link.html

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by rafaelmar on Tue, 2012-05-01 06:13.  


  

    
Hi,


I am unable to download the Evolute Lite plugin. Clicking on the download button always redirects to the main food4Rhino page. Could you please check the link? Thanks!


Rafael

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2012-05-02 09:57.  


  

    
Hi Rafael,

thanks for letting us know. We will fix this. Meanwhile I'll send a DropBox link.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by zechi on Tue, 2012-04-24 18:10.  


  

    
Hi,


I'm having problems with the demo license after installation. I always get "Floating license is valid and has been refreshed. Sorry you don't have any valid licenses. For a detailed overview of your licenses please use etLicenseManager."


I used the license Manager and tried to validate the license but no luck, I also cannot use any of the evolute commands - I always get the dialog box where I'm supposed to enter my email to get the serial number.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2012-04-25 09:55.  


  

    
Hi Zechi,

first of all it is not a DEMO product :-) it is a lightweight version of our PRO plugin, and you can even use it commercially. It has no mesh size restrictions. Secondly - I'll send you an email for your email address so I can identify your license number. We'll sort this out.


Cheers,

Florin

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by mtomicic on Thu, 2012-04-26 14:08.  


  

    
Hi, can you please help me too? i have the same problem. the same message appears and i can't use any of the buttons...  I am using RH4 SR9 Win7

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Thu, 2012-04-26 14:17.  


  

    
We'll fix this, I'll email you about identifying your license.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by pal on Sat, 2012-04-28 20:53.  


  

    
i have the same problem. RH4 SR8 WinXP

please help me

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by jutjub on Sun, 2012-04-29 14:25.  


  

    
The same problem... Help Me Please! RH4 SR9 Windows7

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by axonometric on Mon, 2012-04-30 04:29.  


  

    
I'm having the same problem as above. Can you help, or who should I email to sort this out?

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Mon, 2012-04-30 09:40.  


  

    
Yes, just send us the email address you registered with on a private message so we can  identify the license.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by lnjh on Thu, 2012-05-03 06:25.  


  

    
I have this problem too. Please help me to check that. Thanks!

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Thu, 2012-05-03 09:00.  


  

    
Email sent :-)

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by armin ibounigg on Wed, 2012-04-11 12:47.  


  

    
High!

I´m not able to download the tool from this page, I always get back on main page...The documentation file has loaded without any problem, someone has any idea?

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Thu, 2012-03-08 11:04.  


  

    
Is anyone having trouble displaying the contents of the help file ?

Unfortunately this is a Windows issue:

https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enAT432...

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by 0099909009090 on Wed, 2012-02-29 20:08.  


  

    
hi! i installed evolute tools lite, it worked.  later i upgraded my rhino service release, now evolute tools lite wants me to register again. I go through the process and end up with this message:


serial number already in list of local licenses. use validate to refresh license data.


- How do I "validate"? I don't see how to go on. Do I have to and reinstall evolute tools?


----- OK, I FOUND THE BUTTON. ET License Manager. All fine, merci.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Fri, 2012-03-02 12:08.  


  

    
I'm glad it is sorted. All information about the license manager is included in the help file. Enjoy !

:)

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by obelisk22 on Tue, 2012-02-28 09:03.  


  

    
I`m using lite ver.2.0 .


But I could find planarity option in "etOptionsImportance"


Is it not lite ver. ? 


or did I have some problem?

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by 0099909009090 on Wed, 2012-02-29 21:59.  


  

    
I just also discovered that this option seems to be missing... 


On their website they state for Lite Version:


mesh optimization for:

closeness to reference surfaces

fairness

sphere packings


---- So I guess it's left out on purpose.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Fri, 2012-03-02 12:05.  


  

    
Some advanced features are not included in EvoluteTools Lite, but the full documentation of EvoluteTools PRO is included with the Lite release, so users can learn about the advanced optimization possibilities and the RhinoScript interface found in the PRO version.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by elnakib on Sun, 2012-02-12 11:50.  


  

    
I have downloaded evolute tools lite & i tried to plug it in by click & drag but i always recieves an error message "unable to load evoulte tools for rhino.rhp plugin:couldnt open plugin file"...does evolute tools is not compatible with sr8 ?.


My rhino version is rhino4 sr8.

My o.s is microsoft windows 7 x64

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Mon, 2012-02-13 10:46.  


  

    
It should work in SR8 but try to update to SR9 and let us know if the problem persists.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by elnakib on Mon, 2012-02-13 16:59.  


  

    
I Have updated to service release 9 but the problem still exist. i click & drag the "EvoluteToolsForRhino.rhp" to the viewport or by installing the plugin from rhino & the error message still exist. i would be greatfull if someone helps me.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Mon, 2012-02-13 17:28.  


  

    
Unfortunately there is not enough information to figure out what is wrong. There might be some missing Microsoft updates from your system. Please install the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26347

and try loading the Plugin again.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by Janíček on Tue, 2012-05-15 12:38.  


  

    
Hi, same problem here, tried reinstalling the update and still getting error message.


Win7 64bit, Rhino 4 SR9


Any help would be appreciated

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by michesalvi@gmail.com on Fri, 2012-02-10 11:58.  


  

    
Hi, when I try to load rph file (drag&drop or classic install from tools/options/plugin) the following message appears:


EvoluteToolForRhino.rph

Unable to load EvoluteToolForRhino.rph plug-in:Dependent DLL is out of date


Someone knows how to help me?

Many thanks!

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Fri, 2012-02-10 13:11.  


  

    
Are you trying to run it in Rhino5 or 4 ? That's a typical error if you try in Rhino5.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by michesalvi@gmail.com on Fri, 2012-02-10 13:13.  


  

    
That's right, I'm trying with rhino 5...

can you suggest something?

thanks

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Fri, 2012-02-10 13:17.  


  

    
Rhino5 is not supported at the moment, when it will be supported we will broadcast a message to the entire group. It's also a good idea to read through the previous comments, saves a bit of time.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by michesalvi@gmail.com on Fri, 2012-02-10 13:42.  


  

    
ok, many thanks!

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by andrebonnice on Fri, 2012-02-03 05:15.  


  

    
Hi,

My Rhino keeps crashing when I try to load the plug in. Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Fri, 2012-02-03 10:26.  


  

    
Hi Andre,

can you give a bit more details about your system : Rhino version, service release version, OS ?

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by andrebonnice on Fri, 2012-02-03 10:42.  


  

    
Sorry, my comment was very vague. RH4 SR8, Windows 7 (Newly installed). No problems with any other plugins or grasshopper.  The latest Microsoft Runtimes are installed.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Fri, 2012-02-03 10:48.  


  

    
Please update to SR9 and let me know if the problem persists. Is the crash happening while trying to load the rhp or during an "et" command with the plugin already loaded?

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by andrebonnice on Sun, 2012-02-05 08:23.  


  

    
Re-installed Rhino up to SR9 and all seems to be working now. Not sure what the problem was, probably just a bug on my end. 


Thanks

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Mon, 2012-02-06 11:21.  


  

    
That's great news, enjoy !

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by monkeygrip on Wed, 2012-02-01 03:24.  


  

    
Thank you for releasing the Lite version.  Is compatible with V5 by chance?

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2012-02-01 10:36.  


  

    
Hi Monkeygrip. For the moment ET Lite won't work in Rhino5. When it will work we will broadcast a message to the whole group to keep everyone updated.

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Thu, 2011-11-03 19:20.  


  

    
If you are interested in the development of EvoluteTools you can get involved, answer the following poll, it only takes 2 mouse clicks:

http://www.evolute.at/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i...

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Thu, 2011-10-06 16:37.  


  

    
http://blog.evolute.at/?p=201

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Tue, 2011-09-20 22:28.  


  

    
Webinar: "Panelize the YAS Marina Hotel with EvoluteTools for Rhino" 29th of September 2011


The presentation will introduce viewers to EvoluteTools and its advanced geometry optimization algorithms, succesfully used by the Evolute team in real world projects like the YAS Island Marina Hotel and other freeform architectural projects. Florin and Mathias will showcase panel planarization optimization and the use of mesh subdivision by literally changing the appearance of the gridshell on the fly.


The webinar is open to all individuals involved in any aspect of designing and building freeform structures, architects, designers, engineers, cost estimators, project managers, fabricators. Rhino modeling knowledge is helpful but not mandatory.


By request, at the end of the broadcast attendees will receive a 20% discount coupon for acquiring EvoluteTools for Rhino.


https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/796322998

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by snabela on Wed, 2011-08-24 10:48.  


  

    
Many new Tutorials about EvoluteTools are available here: http://www.evolute.at/software/evolutetools-for-rhino/tutorials.html

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Mon, 2011-08-22 10:40.  


  

    
New brief tutorial about coplanarity optimization:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NhQj9dPbM4&feature=feedu

      


  
 



  

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    Submitted by cmkui52 on Tue, 2011-07-12 19:06.  


  

    
i like it .thx

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Wed, 2011-07-13 09:49.  


  

    
If you have any questions about the plugin and its functionality just visit our forum and post a question there, you will get an answer quickly :)

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by geometricmind@g... on Fri, 2011-06-24 16:47.  


  

    
Cool I wanted to draw such shape once and it was not easy to.

I guess this is really helpful.!

      


  
 




  

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    Submitted by EvoluteTools on Mon, 2011-06-27 10:42.  


  

    
Great, if you have any questions after playing around with the plugin please let me know.


Florin

      


  
 


		  

        


        
        
      
 

      
      
      

  

      
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