Hi, I had just downloaded ET from food4rhino and it consists of 2 files, ET 64bit in .msi and the other one for Mac. I tried to install it but it keeps saying that Rhino 5 64bit has not been installed in my computer, which is of course not true. Am I doing anything wrong?
Hi, the EvoluteTools installer checks for Rhino in the windows registry, it looks for entry Default Plug-ins Folder in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0x64\Install. If it does not find that (which should mean that Rhino 5.0 x64 is not installed), the installer tells you that Rhino 5 64bit must be installed before installing this product. Is this precisely the message you get?
Many thanks for your feedback. The Wow6432node means you have Rhino 5 32 bit installed on a 64-bit Windows. In order to check please go to Help -> About Rhinoceros. For 64 bit Rhino you should see this:
This is very strange. If I understand correctly you have Rhino 5 64bit installed, but the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0x64\Install does not exist? I will have to ask someone from McNeel about that.
I recommend you to watch the Ball Packing / Circle Packing example in our learning center: -en/evolutetools-for-rhino/learning-center.html
Essentially you will need to create an initial mesh which you then optimize for closeness and the circle packing property. It is not straightforward to come up with a triangle mesh connectivity that will allow you to fulfill all boundary constraints, you will need to play around and gain some experience.
I also recommend you to read about the theory behind these circle packings here: -en/scientific-publications.html?id=30