MOSAIC QUESTION

Hi:

I'm trying to draw in grasshopper an idea I have and I can't find the way to do it.

The idea:

1_ In one hand I have three tile types, 30x30 cm / 20x20 cm / 10x10 cm

2_ On the other I have a surface

3_ I want to put that three kind of tiles on the surface with a random position and with a space between them ≥5 mm. Like a mosaic.

I think is not so difficult, but I'm a beginner and I don't know all the functions.

Thank you in advance!

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Permalink Reply by Miguel Roig Burgal on January 5, 2016 at 11:34am

I almost got it!, just one more thing: whre can I adjust the vertical spacing?

The tiles are spaced horizontal but not in vertical.

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Nicholas Collins on May 13, 2016 at 3:32pm

I am in a very similar situation and found this very helpful but I have a question I was hoping you could help with. I would like to apply this patterning within a slightly irregular boundary, is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 3, 2016 at 1:21pm

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Permalink Reply by Laurent DELRIEU on January 7, 2016 at 12:25pm

there is no vertical adjust.

can you post a drawing with what you want ? It could be possible to distribute rectangles, with Kangaroo, with code ...

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on January 3, 2016 at 11:51am

That is very cool! I like the way you organized the tile sizes, allowing a different number of each size. Too bad the code is VB script, not GH... And the thread you referred to is mostly in French so not much help there in understanding your "simple" packing algorithm.

I can read the VB script but to understand it visually, I numbered the tiles in the order they were added - then color coded them the same way:

Would be fun to try this in Anemone (though I'm not sure I understand your algorithm yet).

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Permalink Reply by Laurent DELRIEU on January 3, 2016 at 1:29pm

Joseph, for the French I don't often use it on this forum. The main discussions were on Unicode, Excel, fonts ... not algorithm.

The algorithm draws a polyline "list_heights" (with a fixed discretization of minimum width of rectangles divided by ten) on the top of rectangles already packed, so it is more easy to find a place for the next one.

Hope it helps

Permalink Reply by Miguel Roig Burgal on January 7, 2016 at 3:18pm

I have already solved it mixing grasshopper and then autocad, I'll post the final result when I'll finish if you want.

Once again, many thanks!

Permalink Reply by Laurent DELRIEU on May 13, 2016 at 4:22pm

It will be interesting to see the results. It will conclude well this thread.

Permalink Reply by Miguel Roig Burgal on May 14, 2016 at 9:04am

Here you have, It fitted very good on what I had in mind.

The idea was to create a wall made of recycled tiles, so I used the image to create a quick texture for 3dsmax

Thank you all!

Permalink Reply by Igor on May 14, 2016 at 2:16pm

I have a simple method without packing but with random tiles only. It based on Voronoi and Manhattan distance. I used Manhattan (from Milkbox) and StudioAvw add-ons.

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