The "INT" Component

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if you would be able to tell me what the "INT" component is and does? Someone has posted a blog with it in the grasshopper definition and I have no idea what it is.

Cheers

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 30, 2012 at 7:38am

Int is short for Integer.

It is a "Param" style component that allows you to specify a single or multiple integers for use in the GH definition. It will also convert a number (Double) eg "1.40" into an integer "1"

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Roberts on May 30, 2012 at 7:43am

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 30, 2012 at 7:44am

Those are intervals which were replaced by Domains

EDIT: it's a very old tutorial

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Roberts on May 30, 2012 at 7:49am

Thanks mate! I'll see if that works!

So then is the DIV then a simple division in the new version or???

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 30, 2012 at 7:54am

No. Divide Interval which is now Divide Domain

There are a few components that still have no distinction between names but have very different functions. The best way to over come this is to use the Icon views for the components on the canvas. This obviously doesn't help when trying to follow a tutorial that has Names.

If you get stuck then you can follow these tips in the FAQs: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/what-is-this-component-an...

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Roberts on May 30, 2012 at 8:06am

Thanks mate!

I have to model a pavilion from scratch for a uni project and we have just started learning this and I have no idea how to do anything!

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Roberts on May 30, 2012 at 8:08am

SHould that first domain down the bottom be attached to anything previously?

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 30, 2012 at 8:15am

the inputs a and b can be either connected to a dynamic source or be internalised for the lower and upper bounds of the surface that you are subdividing. they are probably 0 and 1

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on May 30, 2012 at 7:44am

Integer, its function is self explanatory.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Roberts on May 30, 2012 at 7:44am

These are the INT components I am talking about...

The INT & the INT2...so these are integers??

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 30, 2012 at 7:53am

The text "Int" occurs in multiple places in Grasshopper, they have been mentioned by folks here already but allow me to put them all in one place:

Integer Parameter. The icon looks like a black hexagon with the number 7 in it. This is the object which stores integer numbers in Grasshopper. It exists both as a stand-alone object and sometimes it is part of a component.
Int() is a function inside the Grasshopper expression language. It converts a floating point number into an integer by chopping off the decimal part.
Interval and Interval² used to be data types in Grasshopper, but they were renamed "Domain" and "Domain²" precisely because I felt that "int" would be a confusing shortening for them. A Domain defines a numeric range and thus consists of two numbers; a lower bound and an upper bound. A Domain² defines two numeric ranges (think of a Surface UV-space and you get the idea) and thus contains 4 numbers.

You're dealing with the last one here, so whenever you see "Int" or "Interval", replace it with Domain.

David Rutten

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Poprad, Slovakia