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Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Danny Boyes Sep 18, 2010.

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Danny Boyes replied to Adam Roark's discussion 'Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box'

Point on curve

Sep 18, 2010

Adam Roark replied to Adam Roark's discussion 'Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box'

Quick question, what component is that .5 after the Brep Explode?

Sep 17, 2010

Adam Roark replied to Adam Roark's discussion 'Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box'

This is more complicated than I thought! But this is great stuff, I will try both methods and learn/understand them so I can make progress in learning GH. Thanks guys!

Sep 17, 2010

Danny Boyes replied to Adam Roark's discussion 'Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box'

A slight variation on Brendon's method would be to identify an edge and use it in the rotate about an axis component. This way you might find it easier to choose which direction you wanted the lid to rotate.

Sep 17, 2010

brendon_carlin replied to Adam Roark's discussion 'Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box'

Hey Adam, I think what i would do is basically use feed the lid geometry into a BBox, then the BBox into an explode so as to obtain one of the corners vertices, you can then rotate the lid around that vertice using a plane with a normal in the…

Sep 17, 2010

Simple Task: Rotating lid on a box

I have made a box and I want to make the lid on it rotate open and closed. Seems easy enough but I can't figure it out. For one, the model is basically two groups: the lid and the rest of the box. I'm not sure what to link the actual lid to.. the geometry component? I haven't messed with Grasshopper in months and I'm not good at all to begin with (hoping to change that). Any help or advice would be grand!Here is a picture of what I'm working with:See More

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