Yana Kim

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Module 9 - Share Your Design
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Jun 3, 2026 4:14 PM

Diagrid Generator

Diagrids are a structural facade system often used in high-rises for their ability to expand usable floor area, reduce the need for interior columns, and provide passive shading across the building envelope. While the Lunchbox plugin in Grasshopper does offer a basic Diagrid node, its functionality is quite limited to simple U and V inputs. I found this to be insufficient for real world applications where diagrids must respond to the locations of the floor plates (i.e. nodes of diagrids must align with beams in the floors), and may require varying spacing across varying heights of buildings.

I created the Diagrid Generator, which addresses these limitations by providing users with more flexibility of inputs, including number of floors, individual floor heights, and spacing between nodes. The output generates a diagrid which is structurally coherent and actually aligns with floor plates. The result is a diagrid model that can be integrated into architecture and structural models in Rhino and Revit.

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Your complete submission should include:

  • The Dynamo or Grasshopper scripts and all the supporting nodes needed to run your tool.
  • Documentation for how to use your tool. It should include:
    • A brief overview of what your tools does (to help users decide whether to download it and give it a try). Think of a “ReadMe” file for software.
    • A catchy name (or acronym) for your tool
    • A teaser image that shows typical results, i.e. what users should expect to get as an output
    • A link to a recorded video demo (2 minutes max) in which you demonstrate how a user would interact with and benefit from using your parametric design tool.

      • Please be certain to share your video with a PUBLIC link that will allow anyone with the link to view it:

    • If you use Zoom to record your video, download the recording to an MP4 file or Copy the shareable link from the Canvas interface.
    • If you save an MP4 file to Google Drive or One Drive, be sure to set the permission to Allow Anyone with Link to View.
    • If you use YouTube to host your video, set the Visibility to Unlisted, then paste the link into your Notion posting using the “/Video” command.

      • Be sure to test your video link to confirm that the visibility / permission settings will allow others to view it.