Help, I'm new with Grasshopper

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to build a geometry for the roof of my new project but I'm not able to reach the result that I expected.

I'm attaching photos of what I studied on a physic model: it's something similar to sloughes on a curve surface, which regulate the entrance of light from the top inside the building.

If anyone could help me scripting the code, or at least a good start for that, I'd appreciate that very much!

Thanks everyone.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 27, 2015 at 3:18pm

Can you be more specific about the exact rules for your panels? From your pictures it looks as though 3 corners are always on the roof and one corner is allowed to move (along what direction? how far?). Or are the panels always the result of the developable bending of a single plate?

Permalink Reply by Andrea Casalboni on May 27, 2015 at 3:56pm

Thanks for the reply David.

Exactly, the panels lay on a grid composed by layers of stripes: horizontal, vertical and oblique. The sloughes are linked to three corners found in the intersection of the horizontal and vertical stripes. The fourth corner of the square slough is elevated: the direction along it can move is defined by the bending which is the result of a curve surface defined by the grid I mentioned before. So that grid flows along a surface which is previously defined in order to create a rooftop which has to lighter or obscure the inside of the building.

Don't know if I have clarified your doubts.

Permalink Reply by Ethan on May 29, 2015 at 4:28pm

hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Casalboni on September 10, 2015 at 6:32am

Thanks Ethan! I appreciate your help very much.

Now I have one more issue to solve: that grid must cover both the roof and the walls. Into the points where the stress is maximum, I need to put attractors in order to attract the stripes. The problem is that I'm not able to find and output these points. I tried with Millipede but I did not find a solution.

Any suggestion?

Best,

Andrea

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