Installation
============

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Dependencies
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* ``taichi-build`` requires `spgrid_topo_opt <https://github.com/imsenthur/spgrid_topo_opt>`, a Narrow-Band Topology Optimization framework developed by `Haixiang Liu (University of Wisconsin-Madison) <http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~cslhxac/>`, `Yuanming Hu (MIT CSAIL) <http://taichi.graphics/me/>`, `Bo Zhu (Dartmouth College) <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~boolzhu/>`, `Wojciech Matusik (MIT CSAIL) <https://cdfg.csail.mit.edu/wojciech>`, `Eftychios Sifakis (University of Wisconsin-Madison) <http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~sifakis/>`.
* The following python modules are also required:
    * ``Numpy``
    * ``Scipy``
    * ``Scikit-learn``
    * ``gmsh-api``

Installation
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* 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``