Trying to build a Tree like Sculpture - Please need some help!

by Adam

Aug 4, 2011

Hi Guys, I'm really bad at grasshopper, but I'm not bad at rhino, What I'm trying to do is:

 

Get a "panel" to array along a given Curve, and follow it like a pine cone, and to give it a scale parameter so that from one length of the curve to the other it can change on the Z axis, and in a larger context all of the "Panels" to scale using some sort of curve chart depending where abouts the "pannels" are on the multi curve.

 

I'm sure it's not that complicated, but I'm retarded! Please see screenshot's to understand what I'm trying to explain lol

 

Thanks for reading!

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    David Rutten

    This might get you started. You need 0.8.0050 to open the file.

     

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    David Rutten

    david@mcneel.com

    Poprad, Slovakia

    Aug 4, 2011

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      Adam

      wow thank you so much!

       

      I removed the Ellipse input and changed it to a selected Curve I already had and that works great with one curve, but what If I wanted to select multiple Curves, it doesn't work right.

       

      Also as the selected curve of mine I have already built isn't 100% on the X & Y, it also twists on the Z, so this has interesting factors on the final shapes, How can I compensate so the shapes follow the Z change? I appreciate I'm well over my head with this, but any words of wisdom would be great.

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        Adam

        Nice one, thanks for doing this! - Looking pretty awesome to me, Just a thought, How would you / I Make it so as they scale up and down so there is more of a noticeable "step" - and even possibly controlling Random spaces between the panels, but not every space, just random ones???
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        Aug 4, 2011