https://github.com/senthurayyappan/anton

anton is an open-source generative design framework built with Blender and Python
https://github.com/senthurayyappan/anton

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anton is an open-source generative design framework built with Blender and Python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/senthurayyappan/anton
• Owner: senthurayyappan
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-08-21T15:39:24.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-17T16:30:20.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-11T16:02:12.157Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: blender, blender-addon, blender-python, computational-design, generative, generative-design, python
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://anton.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Size: 4.49 MB
• Stars: 182
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 17
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# anton

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![anton](./GE.gif)

``anton`` is an open-source generative design framework built on Blender, the open-source 3D creation suite. At its current stage of development, anton uses a narrow-band topology optimization methodology as a design generator and uses implicit surfaces for mesh generation.

## 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``

## Documentation

Read more about anton: https://anton.readthedocs.io/en/latest/