Datalist / Orientation Problem of ribs for Boolen

Hi all,

i have spent too much unsuccessful time with my problem of the correct orientation of ribs for Boolen (waffle).

Can someone help me with a tip?

Thanks!

Bernd

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Variable Ribs Orientproblem.gh, 514 KB
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Permalink Reply by Tomasz Gancarczyk on May 13, 2014 at 5:28am

Hi Bernd, I matched data structure from ribs to lines. Is it what You needed?

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VariableRibsOrientproblem_update.gh, 511 KB

Permalink Reply by Bernd Podratzki on May 13, 2014 at 6:56am

Hi Thomasz,

yes, this is exact what i need! THANK YOU!!

Bernd

p.s. I see, i must in the next time learn to match data structures.

Permalink Reply by Bernd Podratzki on May 13, 2014 at 8:49am

Hi Thomasz,

you're somewhat familiar with my definition, so even a supplementary question.

Do you think that comes the not exact notch wide by a wrong data sorting?

Thanks

Bernd

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Notch.JPG, 91 KB
VariableRibsOrientproblem_update1.gh, 670 KB

Permalink Reply by Tomasz Gancarczyk on May 13, 2014 at 2:04pm

I don't fully follow your brim (notch) width calculation (function etc). Are you sure it is right? My german is to poor to understand the comments in the definition ;).

But my general question is what will be the outcome of your definition? Laser cutting of plywood? Paper? Or CNC milling? Maybe you don't have to calculate co precisely the brim width and just make it slightly wider than the ribs? Waffle structures seems to work best when based on orthogonal grid...

Permalink Reply by Bernd Podratzki on May 14, 2014 at 1:58am

yes, orthogonal Waffle structures are by definition easier (I work with) and the 3D models are mechanically more stable. The variant with the non-orthogonal Waffles, but I find creative and appealing ( see an example image here from the forum).

I cut acrylic plates with laser, if the cutouts are too big is a stick together is too bad and the model are too unstable.

The calculation of the angle and the corresponding cutout wide would agree , just my implementation in GH makes me ( as a beginner GH ) some problems. The steps after conversion angles in corresponding cutout wide are the correction for angles < 180 and > 180 ° , perhaps is here my error?

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