m, mind). These 2 are (a) the advent of large scale 3d printing and (b) the adoption of a totally new way to fabricate carbon fiber items (I mean big things like load bearing structural members - blame Volkswagen and Boeing for that).
For instance and in a very small scale see this CF chair:
Or that:
All these mean that you/we could consider possible to design large scale things (like a "monoblock" modular hangar where the roof is fused with the columns - exactly like the chair as above and/or your initial requirement - minus the ugly basement formation).
In the mean time get the new "divine" version (2 choices : either you or God decides things concerning the "bridges").
Until next update
1. TSplines 3.4. they don't give any preview (and pipe is EXTREMELY slow) whilst 3.5 they turn components red. Karma without any doubt. Beta 4 has more bugs than Madonna had lovers.
2. Choose "God" as the placement mode and observe that the main issue here is to "fuse" properly "bridges" that potentially clash (easy for TSplines).
3. Although random is the new trend in Architecture/Design (but trends come and go) ... controlling randomly AND properly geometry is more fuzzy than it appears on first sight ( for doing something that could(?) stand(?) any future critic, he he).
4. Rhino is actually a surface modeler ... meaning that stuff that CATIA/NX do are rather unthinkable especially concerning the "frozen" state of a polysurface (Smart Surface for those in the Microstation bandwagon). You'll see why I'm saying this when this definition starts to find the right route (for instance filleting complex stitched surfaces etc etc) . On the other hand various Rhino tools are not exposed to GH (VBA/C is needed).
More this weekend.
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May the Force (the dark option) be with us, best, Peter …
to do once I figured out how you use only a small portion of each of my generated curves to make the 360 degree Loft surface. I had a huge AHA! moment when I realized the complete Loft surface really only needs a small portion of the generated curves rotated around to form a closed (except for top & bottom) surface. That is a major new insight for me and I appreciate you pointing it out.
I also tweaked the Twist angle parameter a bit so the resulting positive and negative Twist surfaces, when combined, yielded a result that was closer to my original shape. This is when I discovered something very interesting.
When I baked/exported the result using just one of the 2 twisted surfaces I got an STL file that had no errors, that 3D Builder was able to simplify from a 37 MB file to a 3 MB file, and that sliced A-OK. But, when I combined the left and right twisted surfaces, I was back with my same set of problems: the exported STL file had many errors, could not be fixed, and did not slice properly.
I went back to my original layout that uses the complete set of generated curves to create the Loft surface and found I got exactly the same results - using only one twisted surface worked fine, but nothing worked when the left and right twisted surfaces were combined. By nothing I mean I tried all the standard methods (GH Join and Sunion, Rhino Solid/Union, Join, etc.) What I think this means is that the Loft surface behaves the same, and apparently is the same, regardless if it is generated by rotating strips or by using complete closed curves.
Furthermore, I am guessing the problems with the combined/exported STL file made from both left and right twisted surfaces has to do with overlapping/coincident parts of each one - like the top & bottom planar surfaces and some of the wiggly parts.
If I am correct about this then it suggests to me that there is some sort of glitch in Rhino's STL Export function. This is surprising to me since I though an STL file only paid attention to the external shape of thngs,and did not know or care about any inside stuff. Of course this is all conjecture on my part, but at least for now seems it will be impossible for me to actually print the double-twisted geometry.…
Added by Birk Binnard at 3:52pm on September 23, 2016
mple:
I wish to populate a rectangle with some random points, but I need them to be more dense at the base of the rectangle and then linearly getting more and more sparse towards the top.
This is how I worked it around:
1) first I have created a triangular prism,
2) then I've populated its volume with some random points
3) and finally I've projected them on the plane I'm wishing to populate.
But I don't really like the final result since the points are not as nicely spaced as if they were produced by the "Populate 2d" command. They look kind of "clumpy":
Do you have any better idea?
The best thing would be to be able to put a grayscale bitmap underneath and use it as a "density map"...
Here you have the .gh file I made:
prism.gh
Thank you very very much for the help! :)
By the way:
While I was preparing my 3d random distribution of points I've spotted a weird behaviour of the random command:
Even if the seeds are all different, for some values of them the points still belong to some common planes...
To solve that I had to jitter the output of one of the Random components.
I suppose this is a weakness of the pseudorandom generator implemented in the random component, isn't it?…
ilion.
Then i sketched the outline curves in rhino with a few control points. The building is symetric so i only draw one side. But i'm not sure what is better for a voroni. a sharp or a soft surface? Or dose i need points?
So i have some questions:
1. how can i loft the curves correctly? My problem is that if i divide my curves for more control points, grasshopper automatically change my curve. thats ok but than i've the problem with a short curve, which fit bevor with the large one, but after the devision it can't connect.
So i tryed to duplicate the long curve and split it but with the shatter battery it dosen't work. It always cut the curve somewhere.
2. my next problem is, the curves in rhino should be my main construction, which is always visible. so i decided to offset the curves that i got a colum. but i don't know how to orient the offset curves in the xyz axis.
3. hopefully if i have the surfaces, how can i build a voroni which is offsetet, and has maybe some different thicknesses? :D
Would be really great if s.o. can help me. I tried a lot but not every thing is simple.
Sorry for my bad english.
Thx max
Here are my files:
FCP_MAX_GH_konstruktion_1.3dm
FCP_MAX_GH_konstruktion_1.gh
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that are available, I found myself in a quite difficult problematic.
I did a lot of google search/work and found some information, but still kind of haven't got the information that I need or want to use. Note: Our school has provided us 3 hours of basic Grasshopper tutorial and one hour of Honeybee/Ladybug temperature tutorial (with weather data etc).
For now I have used Grasshopper and Kangaroo, haven't quite implemented other plugins.
What I want to achieve?I want to create a basic wind simulation in a room (cube at first, but then add more space and use different models) that I can change inside grasshopper. For example I have two openings. I blow wind inside the object from one opening and it goes out the other opening. When I change the wind parameters I can analyse the wind and data that is flowing through the cube.
Is there a way I can visualize the wind?
I have seen different solutions, but mainly vectors with colors that are visualized as wind direction and temperature. Is it possible to make it 3D that I can actually make a real-life model out of it?
Why cube?At first I want to test it and see how it works, if it is viable or not. In the end I would create a facade that is designed for natural ventilation. I am kind of trying to put two projects together. One for the wind analysis, the other for the 3D-Result that is created with the wind. It might be a quite awful that I am asking, but I don't know where to go after doing the google research. Also, some Grasshopper links I found that might help describe the situation. http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/wind-analysis-by-grasshopperhttp://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/wind-cfd-change-form(Should I approach it with Ladybug and Ecotect?)
Thanks, A
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It's basically using a 3d framework to define points on the framework and then interpolate curves through them.
Right now Im assuming that I merely translated something incorrectly early in the script that lead to most of the definition issues later on...?? It also seems I am not using the append function correctly... :(
If anybody well versed could take a look it would be awesome... :)
The code I've used is below and the erros I get are attached here:
Private Sub RunScript(ByVal ptSetA As List(Of Point3d), ByVal ptSetB As List(Of Point3d), ByVal divU As Integer, ByVal divV As Integer, ByRef A As Object, ByRef B As Object) Dim n As Integer = 0 Dim ptListA As New List(Of list(Of Point3d)) Dim ptListB As New List(Of list(Of Point3d)) For i As Integer = 0 To divU Dim ptRowA As New List(Of Point3d) Dim ptRowB As New list(Of point3d) For j As Integer = 0 To divV Dim ptA As New Point3d(ptSetA(n)) Dim ptB As New point3d(ptSetB(n)) ptRowA.Add(ptA) ptRowB.Add(ptB) n = n + 1 Next ptListA.Add(ptRowA) ptListB.Add(ptRowB) Next Dim intcvListA As New List(Of NurbsCurve) For i As Integer = 0 To divU - 1 Step 2 For j As Integer = 0 To divV - 1 Step 1 Dim pt01A As New point3d((ptListA(i)(j) + ptListA(i)(j + 1)) / 2) Dim pt01A As New point3d((ptListA(i + 1)(j) + ptListB(i + 1)(j)) / 2) Dim pt01A As New point3d((ptListA(i + 2)(j) + ptListA(i + 2)(j + 1)) / 2) Dim pt01A As New point3d((ptListA(i + 1)(j) + ptListA(i + 1)(j + 1)) / 2) Dim dis01A As Double = pt01A.DistanceTo(pt04A) Dim dis02A As Double = pt03A.DistanceTo(pt04A) Dim vt01A As New Vector3d((pt04A - pt01A) / dis01A) Dim vt02A As New Vector3d((pt03A - pt04A) / dis02A) Dim pt01B As New point3d((ptListB(i)(j) + ptListB(i)(j + 1)) / 2) Dim pt01B As New point3d((ptListA(i + 1)(j) + ptListB(i + 1)(j)) / 2) Dim pt01B As New point3d((ptListB(i + 2)(j) + ptListB(i + 2)(j + 1)) / 2) Dim pt01B As New point3d((ptListB(i + 1)(j) + ptListB(i + 1)(j + 1)) / 2) Dim dis01B As Double = pt01B.DistanceTo(pt04B) Dim dis02B As Double = pt03B.DistanceTo(pt04B) Dim vt01B As New Vector3d((pt04B - pt01B) / dis01B) Dim vt02B As New Vector3d((pt03B - pt04B) / dis02B) Dim ptArrA As New List(Of Point3d) ptArrA.Append(pt01A) ptArrA.Append(pt02A) ptArrA.Append(pt03A) Dim intcvA As New NurbsCurve() intcvA = CreateInterpolatedCurve(ptArrA, 3) intcvListA.Add(intcvA) Dim ptArrB As New List(Of Point3d) ptArrB.Append(pt01B) ptArrB.Append(pt02B) ptArrB.Append(pt03B) Dim intcvB As New NurbsCurve() intcvB = CreateInterpolatedCurve(ptArrB, 3) intcvListB.Add(intcvB) Next Next A = intcvListA…
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ake a network of lines (i.e. a graph) and make a Plankton Mesh, from which you can use Cytoskeleton to make a solid mesh (and then smooth it with Weaverbird).
Works with ngons (polygons with 3 or more sides). Other examples I found only worked with tris and quads.
Works on open or closed surfaces
While these examples start with a surface, you could start with a network of lines and make a patch surface
This is meant for 2D networks/surfaces. I haven't attempted filling a 3D volume. My guess is this wouldn't work as it would require a non-manifold mesh that Plankton wouldn't handle.
Note similar results could be achieved with the following:
TSplines
MeshDual (dual of a tri mesh, not as much freedom/control)
Working backwards, here is the GhPython script from Will Pearson that builds a Plankton Mesh from vertices and faces. The vertices are a list of 3D coordinates, the faces are a tree a lists, with each list containing the indices of vertices that form a closed loop. From Will, "Plankton only handles manifold meshes, i.e. meshes which have a front and a back. This orientation is determined by the "right-hand rule" i.e. if the vertices of a face are ordered counter-clockwise then the face normal will be out of the page/screen."
# V: list of Point3d # F: tree of int
import Grasshopper appdata = Grasshopper.Folders.DefaultAssemblyFolder
import clr clr.AddReferenceToFileAndPath(appdata + "Plankton.dll")
import Plankton
pmesh = Plankton.PlanktonMesh()
for pt in V: pmesh.Vertices.Add(pt.X, pt.Y, pt.Z)
for face in F.Branches: face = list(face)[:-1] pmesh.Faces.AddFace(face)
These vertices and faces are precisely the output from Starling. Starling takes in a list of Polylines which form the (properly oriented) face loops.
The polyline face loops can be generated...
Directly from Panels on a surface using LunchBox
Using any network of lines/curves on a surface (curves will need to be converted to polylines before Starling)
The latter was achieved using the Surface Split command, then converting the face edges (converted to curves) into polyline loops to represent faces.
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