Bowerbird

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Bowerbird contains some tools for modeling.

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Latest Activity: Dec 7, 2023

BBWaffle:

Creates a waffle structure from a volume.

The component can handle multiple holes and is very fast!

Waffle open surfaces quickly e.g. by using the offset or extrude component (see examples).

BBRadial:

Create a radial waffle structure from a mesh.

BBLayer:

Creates a layer model from a volume.

You can specify a border to create a hollow. The border defines the minimum overlapping of the parts (e.g. for glue)

BBSection:

Creates a section model from a volume.

You can specify the section planes.

Note: BBWaffle, BBRadial, BBLayer and BBSection support only meshes. I droped Brep support because of the very low performance and stability. Use Grasshoppers mesh tools to generate meshes from Breps (see examples).

BBOffset, BBUnion, BBDifference, BBIntersection, BBXor:

Fast offset and boolean operations for linear polylines.

BBText:
Represents text with a single line font for labeling and engraving.

It uses a self made font engine which works very fast and accurate. All characters consist of lines and arcs. No Nurbs, no duplicate curves! Perfect for fabrication!

You can define location, orientation and size of the text. Choose between normal and bold font.

The component supports the following characters:

Basic Latin:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Extended Latin:
ßÀÈÌÒÙàèìòùÁĆÉÍĹŃÓŔŚÚŹáéíóúÂĈÊĜĤÎĴÔŜÛÃĨÑÕŨÄËÖÜäöüÅåŮŐŰČĎĚŘŠŤŽĂŬĀĒŌŪĊĖŻĄÇĘĶĻŅŢŲØøŦĐÆæ

Numbers:
0123456789

Special Characters:
+-*/±=≡÷<>≤≥«»()[]{}%∞√≈˜!?&'",;.:\_∑∫∢▹◃≠#≙□⌀◿◅$¢€‰@©®²³…^°

Greek Letters:
ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρστυφχψω

Rhino Commands:

Preview in Rhino:

Automatic alignment:

Installation:
Drag the gha file on to your grasshopper window. You will find the new components in the „Bowerbird“ tab.

Discussion Forum

BBsection arrange section in the xy plane. 2 Replies

186/5000Hello friends I am Martin, industrial designer from Argentina, please if someone can show an example of how to order the sections in the xy plane in case of using BBsectionregards.Continue

Started by martin sanz. Last reply by martin sanz May 12, 2020.

Bowerbird 2 2 Replies

After a while I finally managed to continue working on the Bowerbird.News:- Rhino 6 support- First version of the BB Pathfinder which allows to find curvature line on surfaces e.g. assymptotic…Continue

Started by Thomas. Last reply by Thomas Feb 12, 2020.

Bowerbird for Rhino 6 2 Replies

HellowIt is possible to find "Bowerbird" for Grasshopper in Rhino 6 ?( i think that dont run there in these new version?) ThanksContinue

Started by Cfeldman. Last reply by Thomas Dec 5, 2019.

With Bowerbird is it possible to make a waffle like this? 1 Reply

19956973_465429250500336_4277056140900311233_o.jpgCan someone help me? I have a gh file…Continue

Started by Caio Augusto. Last reply by Laurent DELRIEU Mar 19, 2018.

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Comment by Thomas on December 17, 2013 at 1:36pm: Hi Tim!
I'm really pleased.

I have just added these three letters. Just download the component again and replace the old one.

Greetings!

Comment by Tim Nøhr Elkær on December 17, 2013 at 11:41am: Hi Thomas. Thankyou for Bowerbird. I've used Waffle and your Single-Stroke-Text and I'm very happy with the results. Will you consider to also add the lowercase "æøå" and not only "ÆØÅ" in future versions?

Comment by Thomas on October 23, 2013 at 2:53pm: Perfect!
Let me know your thoughts!

Comment by ng5 Alex on October 23, 2013 at 2:38pm: Yes it works!

thank you.

Comment by Thomas on October 23, 2013 at 2:24pm: Hi ng5!

I have updated the plugin for .Net Framework 4.0

Now it should work!

Comment by ng5 Alex on October 23, 2013 at 2:07pm: Hello!

i am getting this error

1. Solution exception:Method not found: 'Int32 System.Environment.get_CurrentManagedThreadId()'.

with waffle and slices trying them with a sphere.

i have installed the latest grasshopper.

Any ideas?

thank you