Using Image Sampler - Example Script

Omni-Screen - Grasshopper Experiment Using Image Sampler

A script I am currently experimenting with to create a varied and versatile screen device.

Using a curve from Rhino, the script extrudes the curve and uses the resulting surface/subdivisions to:

1. Smooth wall surface, varied via the Image Mapper 

2. Segmented wall surface, varied via the Image Mapper

3. Populate the surface with spheres (with or without the "wall" surface)

4. Ribbed wall surface (Horizontal and / or Vertical)

5. Protrussions from the surface, driven by Image Sampler

6. Wall of Tubes, driven by Image Sampler

7. Gridded Web Surface

The options have to be enabled/disabled to achieve various results, but the idea is that this script permits a variety of looks, all in one script. See attachments at bottom.

I think this is a decent example file showing a variety of things that can be done using the Image Sampler Component in Grasshopper. This is a working version, so I am sure there are a lot better ways to achieve some of these effects. Hopefully, this will help some of you out and / or inspire some ew idea.

In the script, there is a User Object I downloaded from digitalsubstance. It is a self contained point attractor cluster, super cool, super fun. Link to the site is below.

http://digitalsubstance.wordpress.com/subcode/

If there is interest, I will update this post with an annotated version.

My blog, still in progress

http://thatsnotarchitecture.tumblr.com/