Gradation of Piping along a Branching Structure

Hi there,

I've created an inverted branching structure in grasshopper that i want to pipe but I want the tubes that form to gradually get smaller as the branch continues down to it's base. Like a trees branches get smaller the further they get from the trunk. Does anybody have any ideas how I might be able to do this ?

I've attempted to use variable piping but this gets very quickly complicated with the number of curves involved.

I've attached the file, if anyone has a solution I would be immensely grateful.

Thanks for looking at my question,

George

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branching.gh, 14 KB

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Permalink Reply by George Brazier on November 5, 2016 at 10:17am

Also the geometry i created was done in a fairly clunky way! if anyone has anyway to make it more efficient i'd be very thankful :)

Permalink Reply by Laurent DELRIEU on November 5, 2016 at 11:52am

I didn't look at your script, if you want size of branch depending on their position relative to the root here is a solution :

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/shortest-walk-tapered-bra...

see the script I did named

Shortest_Walk_Tapered_envelop_curves.gh

Shortest_Walk_Tapered_3D_pipes.gh,

it calculates radius of branch saying that all ends have the save size. It is the component with tree and root entries. You must provide list of lines and a root.

Permalink Reply by George Brazier on November 6, 2016 at 4:11am

Thank you so much! really useful links

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