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Starling

Starling_0.2 mesh tools. These components enable mesh parametrization, so it behaves like a surface - you can evaluate points at any place etc.

In 0.2 release, Starling enabled quasi-polyhedral mesh tools. These new components are organized in a new panel called "Alchemists" : 

How do they work ? You create polyline and each component converts it into polygonal mesh. Then it computes what it has to do. In the end component outputs polylines again, changed in some manner depending on components function.

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Why truncation and dual ? Because with these two operations you can make most of mesh operations as described HERE. I.e. ambo (rectify) is truncation with amount of 1.

Special thanks to : Michael Pryor for constant help&support and David Rutten for great advices.

 

It's highly recommended to use Starling with Weaverbird and [uto] MeshEdit.

 

More examples explaining new components soon.

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Your projects. 1 Reply

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki. Last reply by machinehistories May 8.

slExamples : Remeshing 5 Replies

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki. Last reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki Mar 1.

slExamples : Rapid minimal surfaces with Sl and Wb 10 Replies

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki. Last reply by Julio Radesca Feb 18.

slExamples : Curve fitting 1 Reply

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki. Last reply by Julio Radesca Feb 12.

Your suggestions. 2 Replies

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki. Last reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki Sep 5, 2012.

Starling polyline tools example 1

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki Aug 1, 2012.

Starling_0.2

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki Jul 31, 2012.

Legacy releases

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki Jul 31, 2012.

slExamples : Extracting subsurface

Started by Mateusz Zwierzycki Jul 2, 2012.

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Comment by Vangel Kukov on December 21, 2012 at 10:49pm

The first mesh (structure) and the smaller meshes (windows) covering the openings share vertices. I need to smooth the first mesh and to pull the rest of the meshes with it by their common vertices so that they follow the smoothed geometry without affecting it.
Thanks.

Comment by Mateusz Zwierzycki on December 21, 2012 at 7:59pm

@Vangel : I dont feel that I understand you clearly - you want naked vertices to stay in place ? If you give a 0 weight to a vertice, it should be stuck in place.

Comment by Vangel Kukov on December 20, 2012 at 9:19pm

Here is the definition if someone wants to give it a try.

laplacian.gh

Comment by Vangel Kukov on December 19, 2012 at 8:31am

Hi Mateusz,
First of all congrats on the great tools you've developed. Fantastic job. Your programming skills are amazing. I wish to reach your level of knowlidge one day. Can you describe the steps (book titles, tutorials) you followed to master VB couse I've found a lot of matirial that is hardly relevant to Grasshopper Application. Thanks!
I am using your weighted Laplacian smoothing component to find the laplacian of the mesh ("minimal surface"). The thing is I have other meshes attached to it that I need to follow the first mesh without affecting it. I tried to tweak the weights but it'sjust slowing the vertices not chainging the strenght with witch they effect each other. Can I do something about it? I was thinking to give it a try in kangaroo but with the amount of mesh faces I have it gets too heavy.
Thanks in advance!


Comment by Mateusz Zwierzycki on December 4, 2012 at 5:20pm

@Amir : I really dont know. I dont have rhino 5, and Iam assuming that most of us wont upgrade soon. But Iam quite sure that is should work, even with some legacy stuff inside.

Comment by Amir Pourmoghaddam on December 4, 2012 at 2:39am

Hi Mateusz

Is the last version work whit rhino 5?

Comment by Mateusz Zwierzycki on November 30, 2012 at 3:02pm

@ Ante : Well, I dont think its possible with starling, sorry...

@phillip : All new stuff is now under development, unfold too. There are some minor bugs with this script, please be patient ;)

Comment by phillip on November 30, 2012 at 8:19am

Hi Mateusz,

I remember you were talking about including s.th. like an unfold component to starling. Is this still going to happen? Are there any news on that? Was this a dream?

Thanks, Phillip

Comment by Ante Ljubas on November 22, 2012 at 4:31am

hi there,

how would i approach aligning a mesh according to principal curvatures? any idea?

greetings :)

ante

Comment by Mateusz Zwierzycki on September 7, 2012 at 11:22am

Christian : Yes, thats not fully working for now, I will add uniform normals method in next release.

Arie-Willem : Yes, that might be the correct and more intuitive method, I just say that CA approach is suprisingly elegant one.

 

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