Formicae: Bridging Forma and Rhino

Formicae is a project born out of the Forma Hackathon, hosted by Autodesk's Forma team at Autodesk's Oslo office on February 13-14, 2024. This project establishes a connection between Forma and Rhino, focusing on the integration of wind prediction analyses into the design process directly in Rhino.

Features

• 3-Legged Authentication: Ensures secure access and data exchange between Forma and Rhino, leveraging robust authentication protocols to protect your projects.
• Streamlined Connectivity: Facilitates a direct and efficient link from Rhino to Forma and vice versa, simplifying the workflow for architects and designers.
• Wind Prediction Analysis: Incorporates advanced wind analysis directly into your design workflow, enabling data-driven decision-making for architectural projects. Note that we are still calibrating the results one gets in Rhino with those from Forma; the results are not fully finalized yet.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with Formicae, ensure you meet the following requirements for a smooth setup and operation:

• Rhino Installation: Formicae is developed as a plugin for Grasshopper, which requires a functioning copy of Rhino. Ensure you have Rhino installed on your system. The plugin is developed for Rhino 7; Rhino 8 compatibility has not yet been tested.
• Swiftlet Integration: Formicae initially integrates with Swiftlet, a tool designed to enhance Grasshopper's capabilities. Currently, Swiftlet is an external dependency, but we are exploring the possibility of making it a native feature in future versions. Download Swiftlet
• jSwan: Required for parsing JSON responses. Download jSwan

Ensure these prerequisites are met to fully leverage Formicae's functionalities.

Loading the Extension

You can use the Formicae extension ID, "b8b53625-9454-4330-8cee-893098f21803", to add it to your project.

... check out the repo here