Minimal Surface Plugin

by robert cervellione

Apr 13, 2010

Generates minimal surfaces from either 4 boundary curves or 2 curves (open or closed)
download the file from www.cerver.org ;
Update : 03/06/2011:
The plugin has been updated to now allow multiple curves at each boundary while retaining the kinks. This has been a much requested feature. i also added a new component that generated a mesh directly. 

This plug-in is designed for form finding and does not automatically compute the optimum U/V/I values to get to the most minimal solution. I will add this in the future but play with the U/V/I parameters in order to find the optimum solution. As a designer always returning the optimum solution is not always best so I leave the parameters flexible in order to produce a range of results.

 

  • Ángel Linares

    Nice :)

    Apr 14, 2010

  • Ivan Kiryakov

    hey thanks for that , I've already been testing it its very cool, you can check the rest of the album

    cheers
    ivan

    Apr 14, 2010

  • robert cervellione

    very cool ivan

    Apr 14, 2010

  • Arthur Mamou-Mani

    Hi Robert,
    thanks a lot
    What could you do if you have more than 4boundary Curves?

    Apr 24, 2010

  • Dedackelzucht

    Hey Robert,

     

    I have been palying around with the last version.

    Am I doing somthing wrong? I still have problems with the kink?

    Please have a look at ma files.

     

    Best Regards

     

    Dackel

    Mar 9, 2011

  • Adem O'Byrne

    I can't get onto the link! It TELLS ME NO WAY JOSé. It says nope, you need to be registered. and its in the form of a popup. Now what?

    Jan 12, 2012