Old component problem

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on March 21, 2015 at 2:33am

What's the problem? (provided that the domain != 0).

Permalink Reply by Knead on March 21, 2015 at 8:58am

Thank you for the reply.

I want to know how to remove OLD text.

Do you know what's the meaning of OLD text?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 21, 2015 at 9:28am

The OLD tag is drawn on components that have been superseded by a newer version. Sometimes when a component is updated, it gains or loses inputs/outputs and in those cases (instead of just getting the new component when you open old files) you see what got.

Sometimes legacy components can be updated via the 'Solution -> Upgrade Components...' menu, but sometimes the only way is to perform the replacement manually.

There is nothing intrinsically wrong with OLD components, you can keep them in your file and they'll work as before.

Permalink Reply by Knead on March 21, 2015 at 10:47am

After upgrade components, it does not working correctly.

Attachments:

• Oldcomponent_Knead_1st.zip, 2.6 MB

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 21, 2015 at 11:48am

It seems that file is so old that it still has the Cross Reference options set on those legacy components. That option hasn't been available for a while. I attached the updated version of the file.

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• 2012_04_20-gyriod.gh, 8 KB

Permalink Reply by Knead on March 21, 2015 at 12:03pm

Peter Fotiadis, David Rutten

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind help.

Permalink Reply by Kim hauer on March 21, 2015 at 12:18pm

Hi David: WoW! I'm curious can these points be made into an Iso Surface, without the use of millipede?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 21, 2015 at 1:59pm

the points aren't on a surface strictly speaking. The Tolerance slider basically removes points that are far away from the surface, but you're always either left with a very sparse point-set, or a fuzzy volume of points. 

You'd have to generate a lot of initial points and set the culling tolerance to be very tight before the result will even begin to approximate a genuine smooth surface.

Permalink Reply by Kim hauer on March 24, 2015 at 2:26pm

Indeed VB/GH and Millipede appear to do a VERY reasonable job, creating Iso surfaces, with help from David Stasiuk :)

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• Gyroid.png, 126 KB
• iso_gyroid.gh, 14 KB