Relief

I've been working on a relief creator (think Artcam, Enroute, RhinoArt). So far it's quite simple, with the vertex height being based off of the point's CP distance to the original curve. (See image below) I have tried adding a graph mapper and that does some cool things, as well as adding a profile curve to try and drive the shape.

Enroute has the ability to do a constant height relief, so imagine the image below, except that the ridgeline is at same elevation (ie. the angle of the sidewalls changes all the way around the shape). Any ideas on where to go next with this?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Mims on November 3, 2011 at 7:51am

another simple example.. bezier graph applied to the array

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Permalink Reply by Eric Mims on November 3, 2011 at 8:16am

sorry, missed my chance to edit...

I'm looking to figure out if this is the best method for creating reliefs within GH. Are there any gradient creation methods that could be used (I have seen similar things in photoshop that could build similar gray scales to base vertex height on)? I'd like to be able to select a 90 deg arc as a profile, and have it apply across entire relief smoothly (instead of skinny areas going pointy, and large areas flattening out). Also be able to use same profile and have it scale-nonuniformly as it travels along the shape so that the ridge height stays the same.

Permalink Reply by Eric Mims on November 3, 2011 at 9:42am

I was able to achieve a constant height by hand drawing the centerline ridge, measuring the CP from each point of the flat mesh, then using a function of the CP of the centerline and CP of the border. So does Rhino contain any methods to automatically discover centerlines?

Permalink Reply by Fred Becquelin on November 3, 2011 at 10:05am

Hi Eric,

Have you been there?

I'm interested in going further on this matter as I got myself a nice cnc milling machine...

Cheers,

Fred.

Edit - I just noticed you'd visited the sine texture post already...

Permalink Reply by Eric Mims on November 3, 2011 at 10:43am

I have, but not in regards to this.. I will read over it when I get time later. I just added a bit so it could be constant height plus have custom profile. There is lots of room for refinement. I think such a definition would be of great value to the Rhino community, seeing as there are many with cnc machines (I have a large cnc router).

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