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Installation Ladybug plugin
Ladybug is an analysis tool which is used in Grasshopper. It allows you to extract EnergyPlus Weatherdata from a wide range of locations. The data can be related to temperature, wind, humidity etc. Ladybug will enable you to get a good insight into the weather conditions throughout the year at your building location. The tool is used in the early stages of design so the weather data can be taken into account in the design decisions.
Downloading the files
You need to download several files for which you need an Food4Rhino account. This account can be made with an e-mail address and a password. Don't use your NetID password.
- Make sure you have Rhino 6 installed. If not go to @Hok website and follow the instructions on how to install Rhino 6
- Go to https://www.food4rhino.com/app/ladybug-tools and register, Once you done that you will have access to all the plugins provided by Foof4Rhino.
- Download the Ladybug 0.0.67 and Honeybee 0.0.64 [Legacy Plugins] 2018-Dec-10 ZIP file.
We will only install the Ladybug plugin, The Honeybee plugin is a more advanced tool which needs additional software programs to run. For this course we only will use Ladybug.
Installing Ladybug
- Open the ZIP file and navigate to the Ladybug directory.
- Open Rhino 6 and open Grasshopper
- Select all the file in the Ladybug directory of your ZIP file.
- Drag them onto the canvas of Grasshopper and drop them there. They will now be installed in Grasshopper. Restart Rhino and you are good to go.
That's it.
