More examples

Jupyter notebooks

These notebooks run directly from your browser without having to install anything locally! Their sources live in the notebooks/ folder.

• Arch: Control the height and the horizontal projection of a 2D arch.
• 3D spiral: Calculate the loads required to maintain a compression-only 3D spiral in equilibrium (Angelillo, et al. 2021).
• Creased masonry shell: Best-fit a target surface (Panozzo, et al. 2013).

Python scripts

The scripts require a local installation of JAX FDM.

• Pointy dome: Control the tilt and the coarse width of a brick dome.
• Triple-branching shell: Design the distribution of thrusts at the supports of a tripod while constraining the edge lengths.
• Saddle bridge: Create a crease in the middle of the bridge while constraining the transversal edges of the network to a target plane.