Mola

Lightweight Computational Design Library

Modules

• core_vertex
  • class definition for Vertex
• core_face
  • class definition for Face
• core_edge
  • class definition for Edge
• core_mesh
  • class definition for Mesh
• core_box
  • class definition for Box
• core_grid
  • class definitions for GridManager and Grid, orthogonal grid in 2d or 3d, and Hexgrid
• mesh_factory
  • Factory to create different mesh primitives like single face, cone, box, platonic solids
• mesh_subdivision
  • CatmullClark and simple Quad-split subdivision of an entire mesh, also method to collect vertices.
• mesh_marching_cubes
  • Create an isosurface mesh in a 3D grid of voxels
• utils_vertex
  • Vector math, input and output of type Vertex in most cases
• utils_face
  • Utilities to calculate different properties of a Face, e.g. normal, center, perimeter, etc.
• utils_poly
  • Utilities for 2D Polygons, e.g. construction of circle and 2D subdivision
• utils_color
  • Utilities to color lists of objects of class Face by different properties, e.g area, perimeter, curvature, etc.
• slicer
  • Slicing tools for mesh geometry
• graph
  • Classes Graph and GraphAnalyser (for shortest path or centrality calculation)
• io
  • Import / export of OBJ Wavefront Files
• colab2D
  • Display in P5.js for 2D graphics in Google Colab
• colab3D
  • Display in Babylon.js for 3D graphics in Google Colab
• module_processing
  • Display in Processing Python Mode
• module_rhino
  • Construct and load mesh geometry in Rhino
• module_blender
  • Construct mesh geometry in Blender

Use Cases

• The Mola library has been used in the elective course Advanced Computational Design Course, spring semester 2019 at ETH Zurich.
• The Mola library has been used in the MAS dfab T2 project Concrete Choreography