ROBERT ANDERSON, VECTORWORKS INCORPORATED

MARIONETTE: FUN WITH COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

AGENDA

• Marionette Background• Marionette Basics: the Platform

• Marionette Basics: Scripted Nodes

• Marionette Basics: Wrapper Nodes

• Marionette Examples• “Classic” Computational Design exercise

• Interacting with Complex Geometry

• Interacting with the BIM

• Interacting with the Web

• Automating Workflows with Commands

• Automated Building Shell

• Case Study• Vancouver Forestry Gallery Exhibit

MARIONETTE BASICS

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

• Definition: Bringing computing methods to design to enable:• Quick Exploration of Design Options

• Automation of workflows for• Design Management (e.g. elimination of repetitive tasks)

• Interoperability (data transfer between platforms)

• Simulation and Validation

• Optimization

• Automated Fabrication Methods

• ...?

Marionette: Maturity in a Computational Design Platform

Marionette Nodes: The Scripted Node

Marionette Nodes: The Wrapper & Object Nodes

MARIONETTE EXAMPLES

MARIONETTE TAKE ON GRASSHOPPERA Marionette Version of a Grasshopper Classic

LOFTED SURFACELofted Surface object

BICYCLE FAIRINGBicycle Fairing: Subdivision as Control Geometry

SKYLIGHTSSkylights: Building Catalogs into Objects

PV Panel: Interacting with the BIM project

Infographics: Real-time interaction with the Web

Marionette Commands: Automating Repetitive Workflows

Randomization: Automated Building Shell

MARIONETTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

• MATURE• Built on a Mature Platform

• 648 “Standard” nodes (and growing)

• Able to use huge selection of Py libraries

• EASY TO USE and EDIT• Python editing “in place”

• Flexible “wrapper” nodes

• INTEGRATED• Integration of Direct Modeling into Computational Design

• Integration of Comp Design Output into BIM / Presentation application

• Design / Fabrication Logic can be permanently integrated into the form

• BIM objects never become “dumb geometry”

• Scripts and editing are “right where you need them” when a design issue arises

• This provides what our users call “Design Resilience”

PRINCIPLE ARCHITECTS: A MARIONETTE CASE STUDY

DESIGN RESILIENCEWITH MARIONETTE

Daniel Irvine - Principle Architecture

Jean Dières Monplaisir - Principle Architecture

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Hastings Sawmill, 1893

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Lumberman’s Arch, 1912

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MARIONETTEResilient Model