Is there an eassier way? Facade (windows/panel definition

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 6, 2016 at 9:54am

There are many different ways to accomplish this, depending in part on whhich dimensions you consider fixed vs. variable.  For example, many might consider the surface of the building fixed and divide it to get the spacing between windows and floors - what you have done is the opposite, making the surface a result of the number of rows (floors) and columns, window size and spacing.

It's also quite reasonable to make one window and copy it to a grid of points instead of using the grid to create multiple windows.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Domenech Muñoz on January 6, 2016 at 12:16pm

Thank you! Thats true.

I have a question more. How can i divide or cut a surface with lines/curves to get the different panels?

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 6, 2016 at 7:21pm

You could do something like this:

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Domenech Muñoz on January 8, 2016 at 11:39am

Is a nice solution and i have learnt to use "Orient" which i didn´t know.

I followed with my more complicated way ( :( hehehe) and I have defined also the lines which will determine the panels and they are also conected with the windows.... but i don´t know how to divide or split a surface with lines. I guess it is possible, isnt it?

Thank you Joseph, for your time

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 8, 2016 at 12:00pm

Yes, it is possible to split a surface with lines... ('SrfSplit')  Your code appears to be getting lost in 3D concepts ('SDiff') when everything you're doing is 2D.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Domenech Muñoz on January 8, 2016 at 2:20pm

Oh! You are right! :)

Permalink Reply by Camila Leone on October 4, 2016 at 9:35am

Hi Joseph, do you know how could I do this kind of opening facade but in a twist facade?

Thank you

Permalink Reply by Chapulin Colorado on October 4, 2016 at 12:31pm

i would divide the srf and then scale the crvs

Permalink Reply by Camila Leone on October 4, 2016 at 12:39pm

I will try, thank you

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on October 4, 2016 at 12:53pm

As always, it helps to be specific (with a GH model) because the answer depends on what you mean by a "twist facade"?  The 'Boundary' surface feature used above clearly works only on planar surfaces.  There are SO MANY WAYS to do things but on any non-planar surface, I would think about either:

• mapping one surface to another OR
• creating hole pattern curves at points on the surface in planes perpendicular to surface normals at each point, then using 'Pull Curve to Surface', then splitting the surface.

Permalink Reply by Camila Leone on October 5, 2016 at 6:45am

Yes, I did the model in grasshopper.

Thank you very much, I will try your suggestions!

Permalink Reply by Camila Leone on October 10, 2016 at 7:22pm

I'd like to create something like the picture 'example', I want control the opening, so I think the way you've cried the algorithm for opening window it's interesting, but I don't know how to apply for twist facade (like example). Could you help me with this? Thank you

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