PanelingTools GH Add-On

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Parametric tools to create and manipulate rectangular grids, attractors and support creative morphing of parametric patterns.


This is a BETA version and works only with the latest Rhino 5.0 BETA on Windows 32 & 64 Bit.

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Question: Apply Custom Pattern

by FrankS

Oct 16, 2012

Hi Rajaa, hi everyone,

I am new to Paneling Tools.

I am trying to get my head around how to apply custom shapes using the "Morph 2D" component. Specifically, i try to apply a hexagon pattern and here it starts to get tricky.

In non-GH-Panelling Tools:

I see in rajaa's turorial ( http://vimeo.com/album/79634/video/20020346 starting from 13:20) how it's done in non-GH-Panelling Tools. It seems it uses a different concept that involves a unit grid. By that means it seems easier to match a non-stictly-row-and-colum-based pattern (like hex) to the grid.

In GH:

Using "Morph 2D" my shape will always be squeezing into a grid cell.

I have a problem seeing how to apply a seamless hex-grid this way. (since there is always "empty space" in an square cell with a hexagon in it and no cells can overlap)

Could someone give me a hint on how to proceed? Much appreciated.

cheers, frank

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    FrankS

    I came this far editing Rajaas "Apply Staggered Pattern" definition:

    getting closer, i now know it must be about shifting and changed grid density but i still don't see it through...

    Oct 16, 2012

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      Rajaa Issa

      Yes, there is a way to do a connecting pattern like in PT for Rhino. You can even generate those in the Rhino side, save pattern to a file, then use the strings from there.  Just make sure to place each connection is a separate string input in the PT-GH component.

      Here is an example.   Please get hold of the build of today (October 16).  There was a small bug that I fixed:

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        Hannah Stevens

        I faced this problem too. I tried using Morph2d, and it worked. I also read the information on this site https://plainmath.net and it helped me. It describes the theory of mathematics with examples, and everything is quite clear. Students mainly use it, but there are many answers. You can use it too. I hope you can finish your work.

        Apr 15, 2021