VisualARQ FEATURES
VisualARQ Grasshopper Components
Work with BIM objects in Grasshopper
All VisualARQ BIM objects are available as components in Grasshopper so that you can go through many design iterations working with BIM elements.
Create and deconstruct objects
Play with plenty of components to create new VisualARQ objects and styles. There are also components to retrieve the object and the style information, such as the wall height, the number of layers, thicknesses, and so on.
Data management
Automate the assignment and management of data on the geometry and elements in your project.
Architectural Objects Pipeline
Reference automatically all VisualARQ objects, including spaces, sections, or annotations in the Grasshopper environment.
Analysis and simulation:
Run any kind of analysis (structural, environmental, energy, design optimization, etc) by combining VisualARQ object components with other add-ons for Grasshopper.
More information about the VisualARQ Grasshopper components
Grasshopper Styles
Create your custom dynamic blocks
The Grasshopper styles are VisualARQ objects created from Grasshopper definitions, providing unlimited design options.
Once the styles are created, Grasshopper runs in the background, but no knowledge of it is required to use these objects in your projects.
Geometry, text, and Hatch output parameters
Your dynamic blocks can be generated with geometry, texts, or hatches as output parameters, which can get different attributes.
Read-only output parameters New in VA3
Calculated data in Grasshopper definitions used for Grasshopper styles can be displayed in the object properties panel and listed in tables.
Grasshopper Player
The GrasshopperPlayer command enables users (who don’t have any previous Grasshopper knowledge) to run commands in Rhino driven by Grasshopper definitions. VisualARQ objects can be created and referenced with the Grasshopper player, allowing users to build their commands.
Reference VisualARQ objects
Thanks to the VisualARQ Get object component, you can select and reference VisualARQ objects during the commands driven with the Grasshopper Player.
Bake VisualARQ objects
The “context bake” component supports VisualARQ objects. This means that you can generate VisualARQ objects out of Grasshopper definitions run with the Grasshopper Player.
VisualARQ LABS
VisualARQ Labs is a collection of experimental commands involving VisualARQ objects, which extend the features of VisualARQ. They are all run internally with the Grasshopper player.
API-SDK
API and SDK available
VisualARQ provides an API accessible from RhinoCommon (C#, VB.NET, Python).