Creating a Swarm App
How to make a Swarm App
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How to make a Swarm App
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A Swarm App is a Grasshopper file with a few pieces of metadata added on top.
Following these simple steps, you will be able to write your first Swarm definition from scratch or convert an existing Grasshopper file to a Swarm-compatible document.
Enter a valid corporate email address (we don't approve gmail, etc. addresses) and a secure password of your choosing.
Wait for the confirmation email to come in and click on the link to verify your account.
Make sure that the Grasshopper plugins you are using are supported by the Swarm server. If a plugin you'd like to use is not on that list, please Contact us.
5. Drop Swarm Builder onto the canvas.
In GH Under CORE Apps navigate to the Swarm Authoring tab and select the component named Swarm Builder. The message below the component will inform you that the component is "Connected to Swarm". In case it is not connected, right click on the component and select "Connect to Swarm".
Inputs are everything in Grasshopper that you want the user to have access to, as well as any geometry coming from the Rhino environment necessary to run the GH definition. Outputs are any geometry or data generated by the GH definition that you want visualized by Swarm. The Swarm dashboard will automatically populate when you connect each input/ output component to the Swarm Builder.
If a component is not supported by Swarm, the Swarm Builder will ignore it. Swarm supports following input and output components:
Curve
Multiline panel
Mesh
Brep
Boolean Toggle
Point
Box
Surface
Value List
Integer
Number
Number Slider
Text
Time
Rename the inputs and outputs by editing the name of grasshopper components
After the App is uploaded the GH file will close. The GH definition will be saved in the database and will be available for the author to access it at any time. Make sure you save your definition before submitting if you want to keep the local copy.
After submitting you will have an option to go to the web page to Decorate your App, go to the Swarm Player and run your App, or to start creating a New App.
At the CORE Authentication Portal click create account if you have never used CORE studio web applications before, or log in with your credentials if you have.
Add Description by clicking on the icon in Swarm player. The description will appear when hover over each Swarm parameter