Nuclei4

Grasshopper plugin · v4.2.0 · updated 9/12/2026

Nuclei is a generative-design plugin for Grasshopper that combines behavior-based particle simulations with highly customizable voxel environments. Inspired by slime-mold transport networks and ant foraging systems, it allows particles to respond to spatial fields, producing branching networks, evolving patterns, and volumetric structures. Nuclei 4 is the GPU implementation for Rhino 9 on Windows, using Direct3D 11 for particle simulations, voxel fields, and previews. Version 4.2 adds GPU image mapping, periodic-surface voxel generation, expanded voxel attractor controls, and improvements to simulation speed, volumetric rendering, and volume-to-mesh conversion.

Install in Rhino Download .yak Website Open in directory

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Latest version: v4.2.09/12/2026
Releases: 1
First released: 9/12/2026
Download size: 2.2 MB
License: Not declared
Authors: Madalin Gheorghe

Compatibility

ants generative-design gpu grasshopper particles slime-mold voxels

How to install Nuclei4

Click Install in Rhino to open Rhino's Package Manager with Nuclei4 selected, or run _PackageManager inside Rhino and search for Nuclei4.
Or install it from a terminal (assumes a default Rhino 9 WIP installation):
Windows (PowerShell)
```
& "C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\System\Yak.exe" install Nuclei4
```
Or download the .yak file above and drag it onto an open Rhino window.