This functionality is particularly useful for the creation of principal stress aligned grid shells and reinforcement patterns. In addition millipede implements a few basic geometric features and a few numerical analysis tools The new version of millipede includes the surface reparameterization module that enables the generation of vector field aligned patterns over any mesh. Post-Processing integrated in Rhino and advanced tools, like EC3,BS5950,AST and actually working on Indian codes.
Features include linear,non-linear,buckling, earthquake with spectrum response. All systems can be optimized using built in topology optimization methods and have their results extracted and visualized in a variety of ways. You can use both the Rhino UI or Grassshopper components, to create FEA models.
It allows for very fast linear elastic analysis of frame and shell elements in 3d, 2d plate elements for in plane forces, and 3d volumetric elements. Millipede is a structural analysis and optimization component for grasshopper.
