Hi All,
Just wanted to let everybody know that SkinDesigner, a Grasshopper plugin that enables the rapid generation of facade geometries from building massing surfaces has just been released in the food4Rhino website.
This is a open-source plugin developed in python so, similarly to Ladybug and Honeybee, you will be able to look at the code and see what’s under the hood if you are interested.
Some of you have been asking on Chris Mackey’s YouTube channel about this tool when he posted some SkinDesigner-Ladybug workflow videos last year. Well, finally this tool is out and ready for everybody to use! If you did not watch them yet, check them out in this playlist Chris created.
Speaking of Chris, I want to thank Chris for his endless support through this development, answering thousands of Rhino python questions, forwarding lines of code, and for his invaluable help during this last stretch getting the tool released to the public. Also, many thanks to Mostapha for creating the incredibly useful update/export components for Ladubyg & Honeybee, components now used and adapted for SkinDesigner.
So, feel free to download the tool and give it a try. Post any questions you might have in the brand new SkinDesigner group in the grasshopper3d website. Also, there are a few examples to download in the hydra page. Finally, this is the SkinDesigner Github page.
Hope to hear from you!
Santiago
