MeshFromPoints

Hello everyone,

this is a small script which introduces the meshFromPoints command.

Prior to using the script, make sure you've installed the MeshFromPoints plugin for rhino.

Place the attachment in your userObjects folder (C:\Users\yourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Grasshopper\UserObjects)

Hope you'll find it usefull

Many thanks to David Rutten and Giulio Piacentino.

(it will appear in your extra tab)

Attachments:

MeshFromPoints_1.ghuser, 6 KB

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Tudor Cosmatu on October 26, 2012 at 1:31am

Hello Stefano,

your welcome, but in the mean while i think you should consider checking millipede - http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/millipede and starling depending on what geometry you have - http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/starling

Good luck! ;)

Permalink Reply by stefano vafiadis on October 26, 2012 at 3:55am

Well Tudor, thanks twice!!!

I'm working with metaballs, and the issue of constructing a surface or even a good mesh on the given 2d curves is well known and long treated with many discussions...

I think that the "marching cubes iso surface" or maybe even the subsequent "geometry wrapper" command of Millipede can be a wonderful solution, but to be honest not as fast as your component!

I definitely need to study Millipede too.

Thanks again,

Stefano///

Permalink Reply by Tudor Cosmatu on November 3, 2012 at 1:15am

Glad it helped you out

Permalink Reply by andreaquartara on March 7, 2013 at 4:49am

Hi!

can you upload your solution with millipede? I can't construct the surface/ mesh on the given 2D curves

Permalink Reply by Wieland Schmidt on February 11, 2014 at 4:08pm

Hi Tudor,

I downloaded your meshFromPoints script but I can't get it to work, actually Grasshopper crashes if I connect points. There is an 'old' sign on the definition, is the a newer one?

Thanks, Wieland

Permalink Reply by Wieland Schmidt on February 11, 2014 at 4:10pm

OK, Grasshopper did not crash, it only took 7,7 minutes.... ;-)

Permalink Reply by Tudor Cosmatu on February 12, 2014 at 1:17am

Helo Wieland,

It is indeed not the best way when you deal with a great amount of points ;)

Permalink Reply by WT4 on August 2, 2016 at 9:09am

Hi Tudor

Is there an updated version of this component.

Regards

William

Permalink Reply by WT4 on September 15, 2016 at 8:51am

When I try to use this with about 20000 points, there is a considerable delay in the response due to the loop where the point ID's are stored. Is there a way to avoid this loop and simply select the baked points without due regard to their respective ID's.

Many thanks

Permalink Reply by Tina Jerrera on September 19, 2016 at 2:49pm

Hi! When I try to download this plugin the computer informs me that I don't have a program associated with this file to perform this action. Do you know which program can I download to be able to associate it with?

Thankyou!

Permalink Reply by Ralph Zoontjens on February 5, 2018 at 10:35am

This plugin seems to generate an approximation of a shape enclosed by the mesh vertices. Is there, besides a marching cube type approximation, an exact way to create a mesh from points, the input points all ending up as mesh vertices?