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PolyFrame 2

What to expect in Version 2.3.0 (Release date TBD)

  • Create new force diagrams by merging individual force diagrams.
  • Matrix kinematic and static analysis for genetic structural forms (hybrid structural forms with bars and faces).
  • Linear optimization solver with different objective functions.

Version 2.2.0 - 2024-02-18

  • A linear optimization solver as a supplementary tool for the algebraic workflow.
  • Bug fix.

Version 2.1.5 - 2024-01-14

  • PFPipe Grasshopper component now bakes into Rhino with colors.
  • PFEdge, PFFace, PFVertex, PFCell parameters now has auto-cast feature into geometry types.

Version 2.1.4 - 2023-11-26

  • Added supports to Rhino 8.

Version 2.1.3 - 2023-05-29

  • Bug fix.

Version 2.1.2 - 2023-05-05

  • Bug fix.

Version 2.1.1 - 2023-05-04

  • Bug fix.

Version 2.1.0 - 2023-05-03

  • Added Example Files component with embedded gh scripts.

Version 2.0.0 - 2023-04-28

  • Initial release of PolyFrame 2, supports Rhino 6 and Rhino 7.
  • Includes all legacy Rhino commands, plus a lot more powerful functionalities delivered through grasshopper.
  • A unified MSI installer that installs plugin for both Rhino and Grasshopper.
  • Automatically detects the Rhino versions installed and create integration accordingly.
  • The new algebraic workflow greatly increases speed, precision, and tension-compression form-finding capability.
  • Data structure made accessible through Grasshopper components.
  • Data structure made accessible through Python and C# scripting interfaces.
  • Matrix analysis for kinematic and static indeterminacy of polyhedral structures.
  • Minkowski transformation integration between form and force diagrams.
  • Force diagram subdivision built-in patterns.
  • Smooth data transition between Rhino and Grasshopper.
  • Shellular-funicular form-finding capability.
  • And a lot more...

PolyFrame 1

(Legacy version for Rhino only, Developed by Dr. Andrei Nejur and Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh)

Version 1.9.4 - 2023-01-20

  • Last legacy version compatible with PolyFrame 2.
  • Expiration date permanently removed.

Version 1.9.3 - 2021-12-31

  • Bug fix.
  • Faster PFPerp command through parallel computing.

Version 1.9.2 - 2021-01-02

  • Added Rhino 7 support

Version 1.8.1 - 2020-04-28

  • Bug fix.

Version 1.8.0 - 2019-07-25

  • New color scheme.
  • New command: PFMagnitude.
  • Expiration date update.

Version 1.7.9 - 2019-01-8

  • Expiration date update.

Version 1.7.6 - 2018-09-11

  • Volume calculation update.

Version 1.7.5 - 2018-08-07

  • Initial release.