help divide surface uneven and ramdonly!

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 5, 2010 at 12:12pm

Hi estrellita,

how do you define the A, B and C patterns?

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by estrellita on October 5, 2010 at 12:21pm

I'd like ABC to be values which I can shake in every column and get always the same final measure.
for example, they could be:
A=0.60
B=1.20
C=1.80
combinations of them could be ABC, AAAC, BBB, etc...

thank you...

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 5, 2010 at 1:03pm

So it's not random at all is it? Whether or not this is even possible depends entirely on the values for A, B and C. If you define A to be half of B and a third of C, then it becomes possible to work this out.

Another approach would be to define a set of possible patterns (AAAAA, AAAB, AAC, BBC, CC etc.), then apply those at random while shuffling them internally as well. Which approach do you prefer?

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by estrellita on October 5, 2010 at 1:44pm

Hi David,

I'd rather the second one, though i don't know how to use them as a surface morph once i have defined the set of possible patterns.
as i was a little bit lost and hurried, i tried another way that i send you.
In this case, i'd like to know how could i make a boolean intersection between the pieces at the same column so that then i can turn them depending on its position (coordenates x and y).

Than you again,
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Attachments:

• TEP proceso e 101005.ghx, 285 KB
• TEP PROCESO e 101005.3dm, 77 KB

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 5, 2010 at 2:49pm

Try and open the attached file. It's written with a newer version than you have, but I think it should still load.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Attachments:

• SmartPatternMaker.ghx, 44 KB

Permalink Reply by estrellita on October 5, 2010 at 3:54pm

I can read you file but don't know how to operate.

could you please give me a last hand?
thank you
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Permalink Reply by Evert Amador on October 5, 2010 at 4:36pm

Hi Estrellita,

It works as follows:

*You need to attach your surface to the Srf component
*The slider controls the number of strips obviously
*On the first panel you put your possible divission ie you can put 0.1;0.2...;0.9;1.0
*Onthe second panel you need to choose combinations that add up to 1.0 (using the number on gray from the first panelsbefore your number)and the VB component will choose randomly from these patterns and subdivide the surface if they don't add up or exceed 1.0 you'll have some gaps.

I hope this helps, Cheers
Evert

Permalink Reply by Evert Amador on October 5, 2010 at 4:15pm

Hi David, It loads and works really well.

Permalink Reply by estrellita on October 6, 2010 at 8:02am

THANK YOU!!!

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