Hi Thomas. Thankyou for Bowerbird. I've used Waffle and your Single-Stroke-Text and I'm very happy with the results. Will you consider to also add the lowercase "æøå" and not only "ÆØÅ" in future versions?
I have two comments, which you might consider in version 0.2.0.2.
First comment has to do with the Boolean Toggle of the Bold in BBText. I think it should be opposite, right? So if you add a switch it should read: Bold = True, if the typeface should be in Bold. - But it's not. Second comment is a simple wish: Could the Text be at the top, so that all the settings are grouped below ending with Location? This would also be helpfull in BBWaffle, where Mesh is at the top and BasePlane should be at the end. This would help untangling the definition in most cases
Oh, I see... I did make a mistake with the font names. Thank you! The bold toggle should now work as expected.
Feel free to ask for more characters.
For the parameters I choose the same order as Grasshoppers Text Tag 3D component. Unfortunately changing this order will cause compatibility problems so I will keep the actual order until a major update.
Damn I practiced a bit with all the definitions I've got the results, Could you delete the comments to avoid offtopic. One more thing, how to control the rotation to get more variation on diamond shape, thanks for answering I am a little noob.
Hi Tim! Thank you for the comment. I made a mistake when I changed the font format. Sorry for that! I have readded the letters in the last release (0.6.1).
Hi is there a way to reverse the slids so they go from top to bottom instead of bottom to top? And make a certain Y or X follow a curve instead of just X or Y?
You can use the boolean operations of grasshopper to build such things.
The problem is that they are quite slow/inaccurate. That's why I use meshes and planes to get better results.
The aim of Bowerbird was to create a tool that allows you to create waffle sturctures rapidly. The components should give you a general solution that works in most cases.
Of course there are a lot of special cases where you want to have more options or create custom waffle systems. It's impossible for me to integrate them since they probably will work only for specific problems. If the waffle structure itself is part of the design then it should also be the task of the designer to specify these details.
I add the BBSection component and the boolean operations so that people can create their own systems. Also the source code is public.
Unfortunately studying keeps me very busy at the moment so I don't manage to improve the pluging an answer to all questions.
I hope my plugin can still help you sometimes.
Greetings!
btw: please post such questions in the forum and not on the comment wall
ng5 Alex
Hello!
i am getting this error
1. Solution exception:Method not found: 'Int32 System.Environment.get_CurrentManagedThreadId()'.
with waffle and slices trying them with a sphere.
i have installed the latest grasshopper.
Any ideas?
thank you
Oct 23, 2013
Thomas
Hi ng5!
I have updated the plugin for .Net Framework 4.0
Now it should work!
Oct 23, 2013
ng5 Alex
Yes it works!
thank you.
Oct 23, 2013
Thomas
Let me know your thoughts!
Oct 23, 2013
Tim Nøhr Elkær
Hi Thomas. Thankyou for Bowerbird. I've used Waffle and your Single-Stroke-Text and I'm very happy with the results. Will you consider to also add the lowercase "æøå" and not only "ÆØÅ" in future versions?
Dec 17, 2013
Thomas
Hi Tim!
I'm really pleased.
I have just added these three letters. Just download the component again and replace the old one.
Greetings!
Dec 17, 2013
Tim Nøhr Elkær
I have two comments, which you might consider in version 0.2.0.2.
First comment has to do with the Boolean Toggle of the Bold in BBText. I think it should be opposite, right? So if you add a switch it should read: Bold = True, if the typeface should be in Bold. - But it's not. Second comment is a simple wish: Could the Text be at the top, so that all the settings are grouped below ending with Location? This would also be helpfull in BBWaffle, where Mesh is at the top and BasePlane should be at the end. This would help untangling the definition in most cases
Dec 18, 2013
Tim Nøhr Elkær
Hi again. Wow. That was quick :-) Adding extra characters to the Extended Latin is a great improvement, so thankyou for adding æøå.
I'm very pleased with your Bowerbird work. (Crazy bird by the way).
Dec 18, 2013
Thomas
Oh, I see... I did make a mistake with the font names. Thank you! The bold toggle should now work as expected.
Feel free to ask for more characters.
For the parameters I choose the same order as Grasshoppers Text Tag 3D component. Unfortunately changing this order will cause compatibility problems so I will keep the actual order until a major update.
Dec 18, 2013
HEEN
Damn I practiced a bit with all the definitions I've got the results, Could you delete the comments to avoid offtopic.
One more thing, how to control the rotation to get more variation on diamond shape, thanks for answering I am a little noob.
Jul 4, 2014
Thomas
You can use the base plane parameter to change the direction of the operation. The x/y layers are always orthogonal.
For the future: Please post your questions in the bowerbird forum instead of the comment wall!
Jul 5, 2014
Tim Nøhr Elkær
Hi Thomas. I'm still missing the æøå (miniscule) letters in the current version at GitHub. I think I had them last year, but now they are gone.
Oct 16, 2014
Thomas
Hi Tim! Thank you for the comment. I made a mistake when I changed the font format. Sorry for that! I have readded the letters in the last release (0.6.1).
Oct 16, 2014
Juan Alvarez
Hi is there a way to reverse the slids so they go from top to bottom instead of bottom to top? And make a certain Y or X follow a curve instead of just X or Y?
Mar 6, 2015
Thomas
Use a reversed base plane (z-axis negative) to reverse the slits.
Use the Slice component to define a custom slice pattern via planes.
Please post your questions in the bowerbird forum!
Greetings!
Mar 7, 2015
martyn hogg
the edges would just fall off :)
Jul 2, 2015
Thomas
You can use the "BBSlice"-Component:
bbsection_example.gh
Jul 3, 2015
Thomas
You can use the boolean operations of grasshopper to build such things.
The problem is that they are quite slow/inaccurate. That's why I use meshes and planes to get better results.
The aim of Bowerbird was to create a tool that allows you to create waffle sturctures rapidly. The components should give you a general solution that works in most cases.
Of course there are a lot of special cases where you want to have more options or create custom waffle systems. It's impossible for me to integrate them since they probably will work only for specific problems. If the waffle structure itself is part of the design then it should also be the task of the designer to specify these details.
I add the BBSection component and the boolean operations so that people can create their own systems. Also the source code is public.
Unfortunately studying keeps me very busy at the moment so I don't manage to improve the pluging an answer to all questions.
I hope my plugin can still help you sometimes.
Greetings!
btw: please post such questions in the forum and not on the comment wall
Jul 6, 2015
martyn hogg
Are there some rules to follow when using the BBSection tool? i.e. do the section planes need to be positioned in a certain way?
I only get partial slits, not slits that go half way through each section piece.
Aug 20, 2015
macuso
Please add support for RhinoWIP MacOS.
Jun 11, 2017
Mikele S
i cant get all the curves out from the model.
i see all the curve slices in green, but once i bake it I get only a few of them as curves.
same with connecting objects like smoothing those curves etc..
what am i doing wrong?
Aug 9, 2018
CLAUDIO
not run with rinho6!!! why?
Mar 21, 2021
Thomas
Hi Claudio,
Rhino 6 is still supported. It works for me with Rhino 6 R32. Are you using an older version? Can you update your Rhino?
Best
Thomas
Mar 23, 2021