Smash command from Rhino

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on November 9, 2015 at 3:31am

Hi Jason,

there are three common reasons why a command in Rhino does not have a matching component in Grasshopper:

1. It makes no sense (for example layer or material commands).
2. It hasn't been exposed in the SDK (for example FilletEdge or Make2D). This is a leftover from the days when the SDK wasn't supposed to be a complete mirror of the UI, we're trying hard now to make sure all the geometry tools available through commands are also available through the SDK. Make2D is in the process of being redesigned and exposed, Smash has recently been exposed.
3. Nobody has done the work.

I think in this case it's (3), as there now is an Unroller class in RhinoCommon.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on November 9, 2015 at 3:46am

I attached a file with a C# component which invokes the Unroller class. It also accepts optional curves and point to be unrolled along with the shape, but several options (like tolerances and spacing) are hard-coded.

Attachments:

• unroller.gh, 12 KB

Permalink Reply by Jason Wheeler on November 9, 2015 at 8:21am

David, as always, thanks for the great explanation and very appreciative of the GH file you provided!!

Will we be seeing unroll commands in the near future for GH?

Jason

Permalink Reply by Thomas Yulki Takeuchi on March 27, 2017 at 9:43am

Hello David,

Is there a way to unroll  closed surfaces like in Rhino?

Regards,

Thomas Takeuchi