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

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