offset and thikness

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on December 7, 2015 at 9:52am

Hmm

This is not that simple (for working in all conditions without red components et all). As always I have Breps and NOT meshes in mind. BTW: I have some defs of that type that always work but they use solely code (meaning no components of any kind).

Anyway ... get this attached (native components) that:

either does this (slow):

or that (VERY SLOW):

BTW: The "method" (i.e. scale "inwards") that does the "solids" is not the most clever thing around ... but it's somehow safer (and a bit faster) than offsetting the V cell surfaces and create a solid and subtract from the initial V cell (i.e. the Brep) and "drill" it with the curves etc etc etc.

I'll try to find another one that does the above working on any Brep (kinda like in your PDF).

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• VOR-ON-BOX_V2.gh, 138 KB

Permalink Reply by Ale on December 10, 2015 at 4:54am

thanks that was really helpful. i would like to ask how to have some holes as well as closed surfaces using the same structure. 

Thanks a lot

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on December 10, 2015 at 6:08am

Appears that's time for the trad update : the mighty -EVEN slower- V3 (case: Breps with holes etc etc).

TIP: Buy a CRAY.

more soon