Abalone
Grasshopper plugin · v0.0.3 · updated
Abalone is a plug-in for Grasshopper used to optimise the geometry of perforations in simply-supported thin plates subject to buckling (under uniform compression). According to user-defined constraints, the 'buckling efficiency' is optimised using 'shape annealing', a rule-based optimisation procedure which implements stochasticity. A pool of candidate designs is generated by changing the random seed and 'cooling function'; the best result is a good indication of the global optimum. A mesh can be generated from this result to verify the predicted buckling efficiency using finite element analysis.
- Total downloads
- 221
- Recent downloads
- +6 / week+26 in the last month
- Latest version
- v0.0.33/18/2026
- Releases
- 1
- First released
- 3/18/2026
- Download size
- 153 KB
- License
- Not declared
- Authors
- Ioannis Mirtsopoulos, Elenor Naraidoo
Compatibility
How to install Abalone
- Click Install in Rhino to open Rhino's Package Manager with Abalone selected, or run
_PackageManagerinside Rhino and search for Abalone. - Or install it from a terminal (assumes a default Rhino 8 installation):Windows (PowerShell)
& "C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\Yak.exe" install AbalonemacOS (Terminal)"/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/Resources/bin/yak" install Abalone - Or download the .yak file above and drag it onto an open Rhino window.
Restart Rhino once the install finishes.
Download trend
Abalone version history
| Date | Version | Builds | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/18/2026 | 0.0.3 | 211 |
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