Thanks for your comments about my work. I will try to explain my approach, and I could also later share my grasshopper file with you, but right now I'm on diffrent computer.
What I did was to use the surface morph (a very handy component) to place a grid of lines upon two surfaces facing each other. Then i simply used these lines to build up the 3D geometry, by making a "unit" surface inbetween each pair of lines, then giving thickness to the unit surfaces, and continuing with making joints and calculating intersections.
From there i took a wireframe "section" of each piece, holding information about the shape with holes and joints (extensions). These sections i oriented flat next to each other in the XY-plane, complete with numbering labels. I exported the contour lines/"sections" into AutoCAD, organized them onto a couple of sheets with the right dimension to fit the printer etc, and then the lasercutter did the rest.
Hope that was somewhat understandable! Best luck with your future explorations of the "real world" :)
Carl Christofferson
Hi,
Thanks for your comments about my work. I will try to explain my approach, and I could also later share my grasshopper file with you, but right now I'm on diffrent computer.
What I did was to use the surface morph (a very handy component) to place a grid of lines upon two surfaces facing each other. Then i simply used these lines to build up the 3D geometry, by making a "unit" surface inbetween each pair of lines, then giving thickness to the unit surfaces, and continuing with making joints and calculating intersections.
From there i took a wireframe "section" of each piece, holding information about the shape with holes and joints (extensions). These sections i oriented flat next to each other in the XY-plane, complete with numbering labels. I exported the contour lines/"sections" into AutoCAD, organized them onto a couple of sheets with the right dimension to fit the printer etc, and then the lasercutter did the rest.
Hope that was somewhat understandable! Best luck with your future explorations of the "real world" :)
May 8, 2011
Carl Christofferson
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/zollinger-grid-construction
May 28, 2011
Francesca Luciano
Hi Floster,
many thanks!
The workshop it'll hold in english. Below I also link to the site of this workshop: http://www.digitalmedworkshop.com/ :)
Jun 5, 2012