Tutorial: Quick basic Lateral Stability with Grasshopper. Parametric Structural Engineering design.

Shows a quick method to start designing for lateral stability of structure with grasshopper using Kiwi3D. The structure can be controlled parametrically or could be substituted for any architectural floor plate. Analysis is basic only and should be used to get a feel for forces and deflections only.
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[@edgardosantana]

Thank you so much for sharing this content so kindly. I'm very much looking forward to going through this tutorial and taking some of the others as well. Sincerely appreciate it 🙏

[@StructuredParametrics]

Thank you for your kind words. Hope the videos are useful to you.

[@kylenoyes6390]

This is amazing!!! I graduated with a degree in architecture in May and have been struggling to find a way to show what I learned about building engineering and structures. I'm really excited to go back and apply your techniques to some of my old works. Grasshopper is seriously one of my favorite programs, thanks for doing this :)

[@StructuredParametrics]

Thanks for letting us know it was helpful

[@AtTheEast18]

This video is great! May I request a video where a full post and beam system is analyzed with floors? It's hard to find examples online where columns beams and floors are analyzed. Thanks :D

[@manu3308]

Brilliant explanation of the program, if I wanted to perform a modal analysis of the structure in your model and verify the buckling or critical load, how could I do it? Manuel

[@Z-add]

Is their an extension that can do steel design of reinforced concrete slab?

[@horsee45]

Great video. Do you find Kiwi better than Karamba? Are there specific pros and cons? (I've only used karamba)

[@StructuredParametrics]

They are both good. Karamba has more functions at the moment (vibrations, BESO etc). I find Kiwi slightly cleaner/quicker to use. You don't need a licence for Kiwi at the moment.

[@ajazahmed111]

Is there a video that shows how to install kiwi3d? I downloaded it but cant seem to install it. Thanks.

[@StructuredParametrics]

There are a few tutorials on how to install plugins RUclips. This one is pretty short: ruclips.net/video/n8thSgtSZFA/видео.html

[@ajazahmed111]

@@StructuredParametrics I did that. Its only a .rhi file that is downloaded. Not sure how to install that.