Planar Quads Catenary

by bea franko

Jul 1, 2015

hey guys!

im dealing with a catenary roof. it should be paneled with planar quads.

i try to use kangaroo have as much planar panels as possible.

but i got stuck at 4...

i tried to generate the cateneary at first and have a second run for the planar panels.

but no success...

could you maybe helb me out?

thanks

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    Jens Pedersen

    try to allow the points to move freely in z, but then constrain them in x & y there is a component in Kangaroo that does this... 

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    Jul 2, 2015

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      bea franko

      it is possible, but not watertight;)

      Jul 2, 2015

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        Marios Tsiliakos

        Hi Bea,

        Please refer to the attached. I have played around with some of Daniel's K2 examples a few weeks ago. I had an example with the K1 solver but I can't seem to find it. It's  a proof of concept of what Daniel is mentioning. You need to have your boundaries to follow the curvature of the catenary, otherwise this is not possible.

        Best,

        M.

        Jul 3, 2015