Grasshopper

algorithmic modeling for Rhino

metaball effect between two surfaces

hi everybody, I am creating a tower composed by diferent pipes that tend to join that will allow to have bigger inner spaces, my problem is that the pipes overlap and when I attach a structural skin, the skin also overlaps, I would like to create the effect of a metaball union in the overlaped areas, I dont know if that is the best way to cut out the overlapped areas.

Any ideas would be really appreciated!!

Luis

 

 

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on April 8, 2011 at 2:49pm

Maybe the attached is of help. Metaballs in Grasshopper are pure 2D entities, I didn't code up a 3D metaball yet.

 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Luis Fernando Castro on April 9, 2011 at 5:33pm
hey david! the results of you definittions are great!, I tried to use it for my pipes, and Im not getting the same results, Im attaching my deffinition, I don't know if you could take a look, the deffinition its a mess! but I grouped the lines for you to understand it better, if you could help me it would be awesome!
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Permalink Reply by Avishek Das on April 14, 2011 at 12:37pm

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/metatest1-1?context=latest......so how this is been made David????can you help me out

 

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