Installation

Dependencies

• 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

• 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