Elefront



The Elefront plug-in manages model data and interaction with Rhino Objects. Official home page: http://www.food4rhino.com/app/elefront

Elefront allows users to bake geometry to the Rhino model with the option of specifying attributes. An unlimited amount of user defined attributes can be added by means of key-value pairs, using the 3D Rhino model as a data base.

Drawing generation for huge projects is possible. With Elefront it is possible to create thousands of drawings within a single session.

Main Advantages
Storing all data inside Rhino geometry enables to split up a Grasshopper process into manageable portions that multiple users can use as input for further Grasshopper development. Each object can "know" about it's own properties and relations to other objects. With Elefront objects can know :


 * what it belongs to,
 * which other object it relates to and in what way,
 * what its size is,
 * when it needs to be fabricated etc.

Building Information Model - BIM
Elefront stores data in a "Geometrybase", hereby turning a Rhino model into a "Building Information Model" or BIM. This data can be used for analysis and for referencing objects back into Grasshopper.

Main Components
The main components in the suite are:
 * Bake with attributes
 * Reference by user text

See page Components for more information on individual Elefront components.

Use Case: Morpheus Hotel
One project in which the Elefront plug-in became well known, was in the design and construction of the Morpheus Hotel.

Install
Drag the gha file from your download folder straight onto the canvas. The Elefront tab should now appear in your Grasshopper interface.