Script Monkey Blog Script Monkey writes the occasional blog about code issues, exciting 3D developments and more.
Real time Facade Embed selection Using an interactive heat map for wind loads, we were able to size cast-in embedments for entire building facades in one pass, allowing for code compliance and factoring discontinuities. Significant time savings allow structural engineers to statistically check instead of talent lost in repetition. 20th October 2026
3D Automation in Facade Engineering Solidworks automation produced production drawings, bar drawings, cutting lists, take-offs, and BIM models. UCW (Unitized) panel drawings were automated, digitally 'hung' on the as-built concrete structure and then sent to production. Design changes: Re-run the script to save serious money. 19th October 2026
Construction Stock Management System Many construction business have an ever growing stockpile of valuable materials. By integrating ordering and stores, all that dead cashflow can be injected back into your business, increasing profit margins, and reducing rent of costly floor space. 19th October 2026
Construction Billing Management Case Study Construction Billing Management Case Study: Billing multiple clients and sites can be time consuming, and it is easy to miss cashflow follow-ups with a manually tracked or spreadsheet based system. Learn how we simplified the process and made every step auditable. 19th October 2026
The Menger Sponge The Menger Sponge is usually drawn in 3D, but can it be procedurally rendered? 17th October 2026
Experience Facades A website we created for facade guru: Steve Daniels - "The Facade Whisperer" 23rd March 2022
MS Access SendOject Trapping Error 2501 How to gracefully handle a user cancelling send when the SendObject Action is being used. 19th February 2022
Making Word Clouds with D3.js A blog about making word clouds for data visualisation with D3.js 3rd September 2021
Animating a cube with Three.js A blog for coders to show how a cube is animated with Three.js 16th August 2021
Is 3D Document Management Possible? Instead of storing text in databases, what if we could place and group documents in a 3D environment? 15th August 2021
The Sierpinski Gasket. When rendered in 3D the Sierpinski 'solid' has Infinite surface area and Zero volume. 12th August 2021
The Mandelbrot Set and Julia Sets The set of all 'C' where iterating fC(Z) -> Z2+C, starting at Z=0, does not diverge to ∞. 11th August 2021