Generating amorphous cylinder from data set.

Hello,

I am new to grasshopper and I am trying to figure out the best way to generate an amorphous cylinder from approximately 100 data entries.

Is it better to start with a single cylinder and modify it, or 100 cylinders and stitch them together vertically? Or should I just create a point field with my data then define the surface?

I would like to come up with a solution that is easy to edit, as I would like to generate multiple models with the same default parameters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on March 21, 2012 at 7:00am

Are those data entries radii? How about bunch of circles and a loft?

Permalink Reply by MattDC on March 21, 2012 at 9:07pm

Yes, the data entries will correspond to the radii, and the circles with the loft command, is a beautifully simple solution.

I went through the lists and data matching tutorial ( http://www.i-m-a-d-e.org/fabrication/?p=543 ) and got some good ideas, it is just very slow going at the start.

I guess the only thing I'm having trouble figuring out right now is once I define all of my radii, I don't know how to have grasshopper distribute the curves on the Z axis.

Thanks again, I think I'm on the right track.

Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on March 22, 2012 at 3:07am

Most flexible would be to define a curve that is the axis of your cylinder. Create PerpFrames from the curve and create the circles on the frames. This way you don't even have to worry about z-Axis.

The curve could either come from Rhino or be created in GH.

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