Window frame and glass script

hiHello,

Just started with Grasshopper so everything is new for me.

I just want to make a script that I could create windows for houses easily.

So basically sweep rail command + extrude (glass).

I would like to pickup some rhino lines from the window hole in a wall and then have a script that would sweep that rail with the frame shape I have created.

That shape would be with values that can be modified in GH.

At the end if it would be possible to create a 10mmthick glass in the frame automatically.

Is this possible? :)

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 13, 2016 at 6:08am

Yes, this is possible.

Permalink Reply by Sauli Sipila on January 13, 2016 at 7:28am

Thanks. :)

Can you help me a little bit how to even start?

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 13, 2016 at 7:59am

This is an excellent project for a beginner. You start, we'll watch.

Assuming you already have a frame cross-section (drawn in Rhino), can you sweep it around a rectangle?
Can you determine where the glass fits in that frame, create a surface there and extrude it to create the glass?
Can you make an interactive "widget" to create a frame cross-section?
Do you know how to "pickup some rhino lines from the window hole in a wall"?
Can you deal with reversing the inside/outside "direction" of the window hole?

Permalink Reply by Sauli Sipila on January 13, 2016 at 1:57pm

Well...

1.No - "Sweep could not be created" :)

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 13, 2016 at 2:45pm

Seriously? Did you read the forum guidelines? Where's your code? What are the rail and section inputs for your 'Sweep'? It's more work to make screen snapshots meaningful (all inputs visible and clear) but considered good practice here.

This is very basic stuff. Your GH must clearly define a rail (or two) and a section (or list of sections). The sections must be in sequence from the start to the end of the rail - direction matters!

Try harder, the information to do this is widely available. Experiments to discover it take about as much time as it did for me to type this.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 13, 2016 at 4:59pm

I'll say this much too; my idea of a section for your rail was 90 degrees to yours, a perimeter facade on the exterior surface of the building instead of continuous from inside to out. Separate sections for inside and outside, which is common in, you know, the "real world".

As depicted in your image, the rail appears to be crushing the section in the corners?

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 13, 2016 at 6:27pm

So... maybe the innermost rectangle is best for the rail?

Permalink Reply by Sauli Sipila on January 14, 2016 at 10:44am

Well... some progress...

I tried with half of the rectangle and then it worked.

Red rectangle in the R and Profile curves in the S.

But why cant it do closed 360?

Rhino can do full 360 with "sweep rail" but GH can´t?

But I think I must draw the frame profile inside GH somehow...?

Dont mind about the details. I will add more details later when/if I can understand the logic of this software.( Outside frame, inside frame, glass,

Can you recommend a tutorial with this kind of basic sweep/extrude features?