paneling tools adapted to rounded surface.

Dear all,

I would like to know how I can adapt the paneling grid to my surface..

I know how to adapt it to the surface "topographically" but its always a "squared" grid. I want a rounded grid, just like my surface.

Is it possible?

I understand there might be a way in grasshopper or without it...

Thank you in advance,
All the best,

Anna

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on December 19, 2011 at 6:34pm

in Grasshopper its called "boxmorphing" http://www.designalyze.com/?p=45

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Permalink Reply by Jacek Jaskólski on December 20, 2011 at 2:12am

by "rounded", do you perhaps mean a radial grid?

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geodesic radial grid.gh, 89 KB

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Permalink Reply by Anna Tomich on December 20, 2011 at 4:02am

That's exactly it!! it fits my object perfectly.

So now I would like to know how to convert those points into "paneling grid" points.

Because when i baked those points, the paneling tools didn't work with them.

Thank you so much. Really.

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Permalink Reply by Jacek Jaskólski on December 20, 2011 at 4:38am

I haven't used PT much, but I think the attached definition should do the job.

I just copied Rajaa Issa's scripting component from here (example 2).

The script bakes the points and defines a unique name for each one (the name consists of the grid name, row index & column index), so later PT can identify the structure.

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geodesic radial grid - to panelling tools.gh, 91 KB

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Permalink Reply by Anna Tomich on December 20, 2011 at 5:39am

This is awesome!! Thank you so much!!

So now my onliy question is:

See in the "top" view how when i apply the paneling tools, it's not a closed grid? How would I go about closing this to make a uniform paneled object?

Thank you again so much.