Plugging a new open surface into an existing grasshopper equation

Hi,

Before I begin please excuse my ignorance if I use the wrong terms or seem to have no idea what I am doing, as I'm a newbie and I don't. In short I am trying to create paneling for these surfaces so I can use them as facades for my building. I have an already done panel equation (which I am sure will need adjusting) and I just wanted to know if there was any way I could plug these open surfaces into that equation.

Thanks

David

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Permalink Reply by david mousa on October 29, 2015 at 2:16am

Perhaps the lord of darkness accepts booze, or goats or Metallica albums, although im assuming he already has all these things... so I will just do my part by trying to keep up and not prolong the process too painfully.

Based on what you have done thus far do you think its possible of am i chasing unicorns?

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 2:32am

Back again to node 0 (nesting in answers ... blah, blah).

booze, or goats or Metallica albums: you are my man (Vodka and some proper sardine cans - I do hope of the best quality [in pure olive oil] can cut the mustard, he he). But the goat option sounds rather tempting as well (could we swap Metallica with ZZTop?).

Based on what you have done thus far do you think its possible of am i chasing unicorns?: Er... hmm... IF the goal is some realistic stuff that remotely mimics what we do in real life ... then ... yes.

Maybe after progressing in GH you can re-post this in a year: Hi, I'm back on a topic that puzzled me some time ago ... I want to create an exo-skeletal atrocity and I want some help in particular on line 666 of the second C# attached ... blah, blah.

But given the plethora of offerings I'll try some "simple" ideas (hope dies last), he he.

Moral: goats al dente, what else?

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 2:45am

BTW: Well there's always Plan Z (Evolute Tools Pro) but (a) this is not "interactive" at all (you stop the parametric thingy and go into some manual mode) (b) costs "some" dollars (c) it can't address the mesh edges within min-max "limits" constrain.

but anyway spend some time on these just for the record: Google YAS Hotel, Evolute Tools, Goat(s) Al Dente that sort of tags.

On the other hand Kangaroo2 using the (proper) cyan points as anchors (actually using springs of max stiffness FROM cyan points TO the corresponding floor contour) ... hmm ... maybe. In fact replace "maybe" with "for sure" ... since modifying the mesh without "relaxing" it ... it could yield a certain ugliness.Where's my K1/K2 "simple" examples on that matter? (blame Alzheimer).

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 5:42am

New "sub-topic" (therefor node 0): The planarity rabbit hole (for instance the planar quad glass panels as shown in your attached exo-something thingy).

Although these days the good old triangulation is considered neolithic ... well ... the big thing with planarity in blobs hides in the details of the system used (curtain wall or other) that could(?) guarantee(??) longevity and manage humble issues ... like: leaks (always have a umbrella ready when in an old blob) thermal cracks, hideous cost and other trivia.

Get this that can guide(?) you into the unknown (in fact confuse you to the max, but since you like Metallica you can deal with the panic, eh? he he).

Used K2 (the new Kangaroo: better, faster, cooler plus open source with ... no SDK).

Load Rhino file first (case named with Z instead of S because ... er ... is the Plan Z, he he).

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YAZ_kinda_demo_V2A.gh, 148 KB
YAZ_kinda_demo_V1.3dm, 183 KB

Permalink Reply by david mousa on October 29, 2015 at 5:54am

I will give this a go and see if it works for me.

Thanks

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 6:06am

Also this using also K2 (simpler case ... however things are not exactly ideal)

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Planarity_on_Polygons_V1.gh, 25 KB

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 6:12am

Also this using K1 (Meshmachine + relaxing meshes)

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Kangaroo_VS_patch_V2.gh, 43 KB
Kangaroo_VS_patch_V2.3dm, 535 KB

Permalink Reply by david mousa on October 29, 2015 at 6:17am

so im getting this error when i try apply it to my model

Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on October 29, 2015 at 6:35am

Hi David,

It's very rarely possible to diagnose the issue solely from a zoomed in screenshot of a red component!

At least include what the error message is (when you mouseover the error dialogue on the top-right), and perhaps also the file with the input you are using.

Permalink Reply by david mousa on October 29, 2015 at 6:41am

my apologies .. as mentioned at the start of this thread am extremely new and trying to wrap my head around the whole system.

Do you mind if i send you a private message to have a quick discussion about what it is that I am trying to achieve.

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 7:28am

To your model? But this works on a demo surface NOT on a polysurface.

Moral: post here (or mail) that Brep or mesh or surface list of surface DataTree of yours.

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 29, 2015 at 6:23am

Brilliant idea N666: What about forgetting ugly blobs and doing some, say, thematic park under some - cooler than Sahara - primitive tensile membrane?

BTW: before Birdair [founded in Buffalo, New York by Walter Bird] and Taiyo Kogyo Corporation [ founded by many] ... Australia led the world on that matter.

Moral: be a patriot.

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