Panelling with imported Alias Geometry?

Hi,
I am quite new in this software. I tried some panelling tutorials and I would like
to use the grasshopper panelling opportunities, but on a more complex and very specific
Geometry (like a car exterieur). Is it possible to import and use Geometry from
softwares like Alias? Even if it consists out of multiple surfaces, fillets, etc?
If yes, do you have any suggestions how to?

thanks,
matthias

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Luis Fraguada on September 8, 2009 at 1:01pm

Is it a mesh or nurbs geometry? Either way, you should be able to use it somehow

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on September 8, 2009 at 1:09pm

It is possible, first you have to import your geometry as nurbs surfaces or solids, not as meshes.

It will not as straight forward as the typical method of using directly surface's uv space to create a grid of points. The uv space will not be continous since you have several surfaces, so you have to find another method of placing the point grid for panelization. One possibility i'm thinking right now is to create an aproximated continous surface over all of your surfaces. Use that surface to create a continous grid and project those points onto the the other surfaces, then use the other surface's normals for the panel orientation.

Permalink Reply by Mag on September 8, 2009 at 1:42pm

thanks a lot i will try this! actually, nurbs surfaces is perfect, maybe i will have to stitch them to a solid shell..
Yes, my problem was exactly to create a grid of points on these group of surfaces, but your idea sounds promising, eventhough i am missing the skill to create an aproximated continous surface over all my single surfaces. that would be acutally a perfect thing I never found in Alias...
is that possible in rhino??

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