# VektorNode

> VektorNode builds computational systems that translate design intent into reliable fabrication data for the construction and metal-fabrication industries. Founded and run by Felix Brunold (Staufen, Switzerland), combining backgrounds in architecture, industrial design, and metal fabrication.

VektorNode designs and ships production-ready tools — Grasshopper plugins, custom Rhino/C# software, and web apps — that remove manual handoffs between design and the shop floor. The focus is on rule-based logic, fabrication-ready output, and systems non-specialists can operate.

## Method

- **Diagnose** — analyze existing workflows and interfaces to surface error sources, bottlenecks, and risky manual steps.
- **Build** — define rules, ownership, and data flows, then build a system non-specialists can rely on.
- **Launch & hand over** — test under real production conditions, hand over with clear limits, documentation, and a plan for ongoing operation.

## Expertise

- Design-to-fabrication tools
- Rule-based / parametric design logic and constraints
- Production-ready fabrication files (sheet metal, facades, components)
- Custom plugins and software (Rhino, Grasshopper, C#)
- Web apps for configuring and running production workflows

## Key pages

- [Home (EN)](https://www.vektornode.com/en): Overview of VektorNode's approach and featured work.
- [Home (DE)](https://www.vektornode.com/de): Deutsche Startseite.
- [About](https://www.vektornode.com/en/about): Background on Felix Brunold and the working method.
- [Projects](https://www.vektornode.com/en/projects): Case studies of design-to-fabrication systems built for clients.
- [Tools](https://www.vektornode.com/en/tools): Plugins and software products published by VektorNode.

## Tools

- [SheepMetal](https://www.vektornode.com/en/tools/sheep-metal): Grasshopper plugin for Rhino that handles sheet-metal work — face classification, automatic bend detection, and unfolding using angle-dependent K-factor models. Built for production, not concept work. [Documentation](https://www.vektornode.com/en/tools/sheep-metal/documentation).
- [Selva](https://www.vektornode.com/en/tools/selva): Grasshopper plugin that puts a simple browser UI on a Grasshopper definition — expose chosen parameters, geometry, and file outputs so non-Grasshopper users can run the definition.
- [selva-compute](https://www.vektornode.com/en/tools/selva-compute): TypeScript framework for building web apps on Rhino.Compute and Grasshopper — typed API for calling Grasshopper definitions, request/error handling, browser rendering. Open source.
- [PigMent](https://www.vektornode.com/en/tools/pigment): Grasshopper plugin for keeping colors consistent across projects and teams — reusable color libraries, hex workflows, shared schemes.

## Selected projects

- [Lammella Facade](https://www.vektornode.com/en/lammella-facade): Parametric facade system, design-to-fabrication.
- [Parafa](https://www.vektornode.com/en/parafa): Parametric facade project.
- [Orb](https://www.vektornode.com/en/orb): Computational design / fabrication project.
- [Cells](https://www.vektornode.com/en/cells): Computational design / fabrication project.
- [Wave](https://www.vektornode.com/en/wave): Computational design / fabrication project.
- [Perforate Zürich](https://www.vektornode.com/en/perforate-zuerich): Perforation-pattern fabrication project.
- [Vektorfeld](https://www.vektornode.com/en/vektorfeld): Computational design / fabrication project.
- [Parapet](https://www.vektornode.com/en/parapet): Computational design / fabrication project.
- [Pifa](https://www.vektornode.com/en/pifa): Computational design / fabrication project.

## Contact

- Email: hello@vektornode.com
- Location: Postgasse 14, 5603 Staufen, Aargau, Switzerland
- Site is bilingual (English / German). Each page has `/en/` and `/de/` versions.

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