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Kangaroo
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Kangaroo is a Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, optimization and form-finding directly within Grasshopper.
Relaxation to Flat Geometry
Has anyone encountered anything like taking 3D geometry and relaxing/flattening it, like the unroll tool but the resulting faces stay together.
Similar to how UVW Unwrapping works (Ive attached an example image). In the linked video at 3.20 he relaxes the uvw map. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy2W3P2UPIw
Im looking at taking a 3D geometry and flattening it to print FLAT on a 3D Printer, the process I am using will only allow relatively flat geo. The way in which it is warped will allow the geometry to be able to be pushed out to its 3D shape
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thank you
Daniel Piker
Hi Matt,
This is possible with a mesh using the OnPlane goal to pull all the vertices onto a flat plane, and Length goals to stay as close as possible to the original surface dimensions. Depending on the shape you might also need to introduce splits in the mesh and/or add smoothing or hinge goals to make sure it opens up and doesn't flatten in a folded configuration. Of course if the mesh is doubly curved then it won't be possible to flatten it without some degree in plane deformation.
If you post an example of the kind of mesh you'd want to use this on I'll set up a simple definition.
Aug 18, 2017
PoulMaclein
The only thing I can advise you is to do a search on Google, I'm sure you will find what you need there
Jun 14, 2023