Problems with complex double curved surface

Hello everyone! I want to create a structure like a forest. Therefore I am trying to build a surface like in the posted image. Is there a way in Grasshopper to generate this complex surface. I started with one part of the surface, but I got stuck at the point where I tried to merge this part with the next one.
If there is a way to generate this surface, I will try to parameterize the surface to change the hight and thickness of each part of the surface.

Any information is very much appreciated
cheers.

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on May 17, 2010 at 1:20pm

Hi Jerrimo,
These columns look beautiful.
I would suggest starting with two surfaces, one for the base ground and one for the top of the structure.
I would divide the surfaces by mapping a rectagular grid onto both of them and use the 8 resulting points (four on top and four at the bottom) to place the columns (providing that you made the columns based on eight points).
Hope that helps.

Permalink Reply by Jerrimo on May 17, 2010 at 1:50pm

Thank you Arthur for the reply, but first of all I have the problem to get an ortho angled edge surface out of the lofted surface, because it is very difficult to trim a surface in grasshopper. This is important because I need a continous surface to create the structure.

Permalink Reply by trevor.patt on October 4, 2011 at 7:20am

Change the Loft type from 'Normal' to 'Straight' with either a LoftOptions component, 'T' input (Straight=2) or the Loft options menu on the Loft Component (Right-click 'O' input, Loft Options)

Permalink Reply by Diego on October 3, 2011 at 10:33am