Irregular Diagrid

Hi Guys,

I have been using Giulo's definition to make diagrids and was wondering if anyone knew how to do uneven/irregular diagrids?

Many thanks,

Arthur

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Permalink Reply by Guy Balter on July 7, 2010 at 2:13am

Hi Arthur,

I'm not an expert in Grasshopper, but maybe this thread can help you:
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/unevenly-divided-surface?...

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on July 7, 2010 at 3:08am

Thanks Guy.

It's an interesting discussion but i would like to do the same with a diamond-like pattern if possible.

Permalink Reply by Jon Mirtschin on July 7, 2010 at 3:57am

In an effect like the British Museum Great Court roof?

I've been thinking about adding that type of network relaxation into my Grasshopper plug-ins for a while, haven't had a moment to do it yet.

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on July 7, 2010 at 4:05am

Hi Jon,

The best for me would be to make the pattern denser where needed either using a graph mapper, an attractor point/curve or just the curvature angle of the surface itself.

I know all this is available for square tiling but not for diagrids i think.
Hope there's a solution.

Thanks,

Arthur

Permalink Reply by taz on July 7, 2010 at 11:19am

Arthur,

Couldn't you use mid-points of sqare tiles to create a diagrid type pattern?

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on July 7, 2010 at 11:28am

Hi Taz,
The problem with this technique is that you won't get 4 identifiable vertices forming one diamond-shaped cell.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on July 13, 2010 at 5:12am

Hi Arthur,

the script posted on this page works on any ordered even single list of points. All it needs to know is how many points are in one direction and it will reconstruct the correct connection for the diagrid.

Therefore, just supplying a differently-spaced list of points will make the diagrid uneven. I'm attaching an example.