How to create squares without Splitting Surface based on Length

I don't know if there is a component in Gh that can divide a surface and give me iso trim surfaces or closed curves based on length. Every time I try to split the surface with the given grid of curves, it obviously crashes. Was wondering if there is any way this is possible? I can't use divide surface/isotrim currently because i need the spacing to be exact. I just need the squares as closed curves so I can offset all of them into smaller squares.

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Permalink Reply by nikos tzar on October 7, 2014 at 2:17pm

Hi David,

Your surface is planar so why not create a rectangular grid instead?

Permalink Reply by David Kim on October 7, 2014 at 6:23pm

Yes, that could work as a start, but how would I account for the left over trim and get the irregular shapes as a border? Someone mentioned paneling tools for GH that has some options. Do you know anything about these components?

Permalink Reply by nikos tzar on October 8, 2014 at 5:15am

About trimming the grid and having closed cells (polylines) as outputs, see my answer here.

As for paneling tools, it is a great plugin with detailed documentation and I believe it has a [divide surface by distance] component. You can download it here.

Permalink Reply by David Kim on October 8, 2014 at 2:03pm

Thanks, yep the surface by length component worked great! The solve intersection for breps (BBX) also worked to trim the edges and get closed borders.

Permalink Reply by nikos tzar on October 8, 2014 at 2:38pm

Great!

Good luck with your project!

Waiting for some photos.

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