blender-for-science / anton

anton is an open-source generative design framework built with Blender and Python

anton

anton is an open-source generative design framework built on Blender, the open-source 3D creation suite. At its current stage of development, anton uses a narrow-band topology optimization methodology as a design generator and uses implicit surfaces for mesh generation.

Dependencies

• taichi-build requires spgrid_topo_opt, a Narrow-Band Topology Optimization framework developed by Haixiang Liu (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Yuanming Hu (MIT CSAIL), Bo Zhu (Dartmouth College), Wojciech Matusik (MIT CSAIL), Eftychios Sifakis (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
• The following python modules are also required:
  • Numpy
  • Scipy
  • Scikit-learn
  • gmsh-api

Installation

• For a minimal installation, download a native-build release.
• For more advanced and reliable results, download a taichi-build release.
• Open Blender and head over to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Install
• Navigate to the downloaded .zip file and click Install Add-on

Documentation

Read more about anton: https://anton.readthedocs.io/en/latest/