HELP!

Hello everyone!

I AM A BIT NEW TO GRASSHOPPER AND WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP REGARDING A PROBLEM.

i want to create a family of chair design using basic shapes. i want to create a few number of seat, back and legs for a few chairs and then let grasshopper do the mutations for me. is that possible. a reference image is attatched. i will realy appreciate your help.its called Bone Chair by Julien de Smedt Architects.

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contemporary-chair-design2.jpg, 35 KB

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on August 28, 2013 at 2:18pm

You can certainly create a set of all possible combinations from a limited number of variables. But you'll need to create a file which can convert these combinations of numbers into actual chair geometry. That may not be easy.

I attached a file which has a cluster. The cluster makes a single chair from a set of values, the top-level file provides a large amount of value permutations:

I'd imagine you'd do something similar, but your chair looks a lot more complex.

This approach computes all chairs at the same time, which takes a while. It is also possible to have a slider so you can manually select each permutation in turn, but then you might just as well control the settings directly.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

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SeatFamily.gh, 13 KB

Permalink Reply by beta on August 28, 2013 at 2:49pm

Thankyou David VERY MUCH!

i will try to grasp the concept and bother you again if i have any question.

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Permalink Reply by beta on August 28, 2013 at 3:15pm

moreover, can you point me in direction to achieve somewhat similar chair design as shown in reference?

i know my questions are not really to the point. plz forgive my amateur command on grasshopper

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Permalink Reply by beta on August 29, 2013 at 12:25pm

nyone else who would like to share their thoughts on this problem?

suggestions would be appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by beta on August 31, 2013 at 6:53am

Sorry to bother you again but something weird is happening here, i have attached the screenshot of the problem i am referring to, i hope you can find some time to see it.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on August 31, 2013 at 7:00am

Well, it would seem the cluster references a file which no longer exists. Clusters in Grasshopper can either be linked to a GH/GHX file on the disk, or they can carry that file inside of them. In fact all clusters carry their files inside of them just in case a referenced file disappears.

Despite this error, the cluster should still work. It should also be possible to internalize this cluster (make it explicitly local rather than linked to a file) but I notice that menu option is disabled. This is a bug.

If you double click the cluster you can edit the file inside of it.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

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