Inflatables example?

Hello,

Where can i get a working example of an inflated cushion? Like the one in the video.

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on January 23, 2011 at 9:03am

Here's a definition that will take any closed planar curve and turn it into an inflatable cushion

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pillow.ghx, 479 KB

Permalink Reply by Jacek Jaskólski on February 27, 2011 at 4:04am

Hi Daniel,

When I try to open your definition I get the following error:

Plugin version: 0.8.0004

Output parameter chunk is missing.

Archive is corrupt.Object list read

The ghx loads with a couple of error-red components (see attached images).

When I run the def it causes Rhino to crash.

I have the newest gh, kangaroo, weaverbird and meshtools installed. What can be wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Jacek

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pillow_error_01.jpg, 74 KB
pillow_error_02.jpg, 193 KB

Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on February 27, 2011 at 4:46am

Hi Jacek,

I'm not sure yet what is going on here. From that screenshot it looks like something is going wrong with the 'create mesh from scratch' components upstream of kangaroo.

Can you check what the inputs and error message on that first red component are ?

Daniel

Permalink Reply by Jacek Jaskólski on February 27, 2011 at 5:06am

The error says "Insufficient vertices for a mesh". Indeed, part of the data tree has only 2 items per branch. My guess is that something's wrong with the NakedEdges component.

Attached screenshot.

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pillow_error_03.jpg, 448 KB

Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on February 27, 2011 at 5:25am

Yes, just checked, and it was working with the previous version of UTO's Meshtools, but not the latest.

It looks like they changed the outputs of the NakedEdges component.

Before it just output 2 lists of integers for the index of edge start and end, it now also includes the list of vertices.

So just place a new NakedEdges component on the canvas, replacing the old one and the Mesh decompose component, and connect them as shown:

Permalink Reply by Jacek Jaskólski on February 27, 2011 at 7:33am

Works perfectly now, thanks a lot, Daniel!

Permalink Reply by Tori Sypniewski on March 7, 2011 at 12:35pm

I took the pillow definition and was able to connect it to my curve, but a lot of the definition isn't connected and I can't figure out how to put it together. Any suggestions?

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