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Michael Thomsen replied to Arthur Mamou-Mani's discussion Three different Sun Vectors: Geco, Heliotrope, Diva

"Hi Arthur I have choosen DIVA. Specialist in energy-buildings from my university use Radiance, which DIVA is based upon. They advise against Ecotect, which GECO is based on. I don't know about Heliotrope. Ecotect is preferred by many…"

Sep 7, 2012

Michael Thomsen commented on liu's photo

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"Nice show up! Would really like this my self. Great Work !"

Mar 8, 2012

Michael Thomsen replied to Michael Thomsen's discussion How to build a definition that checks a curve for a minimum radius.

"Hi David Thanks a lot for your answer. Just to have it cleared. Right know the way I checks the curve for low radius is by "Animate" a slider in example 1000 frames, and then afterwards checks the list for the radius or a criterion of…"

Mar 8, 2012

David Rutten replied to Michael Thomsen's discussion How to build a definition that checks a curve for a minimum radius.

"You could evaluate the curvature radius at a lot of positions along each curve, then pick the smallest one. But you'll have to create the offset before you know whether it's an acceptable curve, so you may need to create a lot of offset…"

Mar 8, 2012

Michael Thomsen replied to Michael Thomsen's discussion How to build a definition that checks a curve for a minimum radius.

"As seen on the screenshot, I can control the curvature, but I want to automatically set this op. Like checking for errors of the minimum curve radius. I try to avoid Galapagos and HoopSnake. Any suggestions? Or am I going to script this solution? "

Mar 8, 2012

Michael Thomsen replied to jaime tellado alvarez's discussion converting lines into renderizable in rhino

"Okay. Well I don't know if you actually can do that. But In a project last summer I where end same situation as you, and ended up making the curves into pipes. I wanted then to be visualized as "curves" so a create a definition…"

Mar 6, 2012

Michael Thomsen posted a discussion

How to build a definition that checks a curve for a minimum radius.

Hi you allI´m during af project where I make an almost closet curve smaller by offsetting it towards the center of the curve, and then again and again by connecting it to a HoopSnake Component. My Actually question: I want to stop offsetting when the curve at any given point (or almost) turns into a curvature with a preset radius. Any help or links that might find my interest will be appreciated greatly. - Michael See More

Mar 6, 2012

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Michael Thomsen replied to jaime tellado alvarez's discussion converting lines into renderizable in rhino

"It is a bit unclear what your actually are searhing for. But you should check out the components LOFT or/and EXTRUDE. - Michael"

Mar 6, 2012

Giulio Piacentino replied to Michael Thomsen's discussion Length component - BUG or ?

"Np, I also get confused by that sometimes. - Giulio________________giulio@mcneel.comMcNeel Europe"

Aug 29, 2011

Michael Thomsen replied to Michael Thomsen's discussion Length component - BUG or ?

"Hi Guilio Rookie Faillure BIG time :) The other notation starts after 1000.0 units BTW:) Thanks a lot "

Aug 29, 2011

Giulio Piacentino replied to Michael Thomsen's discussion Length component - BUG or ?

"Hi Michael, both are the factual sizes, the only difference is the notation. 1.3375e4 = 1.3375 * 10^4 = 13375 units Hope this helps, - Giulio________________giulio@mcneel.comMcNeel Europe"

Aug 29, 2011

Michael Thomsen posted a discussion

Length component - BUG or ?

Hi all GH'ers I think I've found a bug in the "Length"-component. It seems like the component calculates as length of domain and factual length. Here is a example. I need to know the length of a curve. The curve is made as an intersection between a doublecurved surface(import) and a 4PtSrf (planar). When intersection result only contain 1 curve the length component seems to calcutate the length as a domain(size), otherwise with the result as two curves, the length is 2 sizes of factual…See More

Aug 29, 2011

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Michael Thomsen is now a member of Grasshopper

Aug 19, 2011

Welcome Them!