How to make a hole in a surface

Hallo

I am new in this forum and with this program too.

I am really confused about how it works and I have to do a very simple model.

I have to draw a volume just like a shoe box with a window only using grasshopper functions.

How Can I do it? Anyone has any suggestions??

Please help me!

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Permalink Reply by djordje on November 18, 2012 at 3:25pm

Something like this maybe?

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proba.gh, 5 KB

Permalink Reply by stefania on November 18, 2012 at 3:34pm

Not exactly...The shoe box should be a room like a volume while the window should be on a single surface (in my case a vertical one) like a hole (like the image attached)

Do you have any idea how to do it?

Permalink Reply by djordje on November 18, 2012 at 4:08pm

Like so:

Two definitions are attached below - one with a single window, and the other one with three ones.
You can control the size, size and position of every one of them. Bake component is grouped in red block.

Attachments:

1window.gh, 16 KB
3windows.gh, 30 KB

Permalink Reply by stefania on November 18, 2012 at 11:42pm

I dind't think how difficult it would be for me...do you know some tutorial that could be help to do this kind of stuff??

Thank you very much for your help!! ;)

Permalink Reply by djordje on November 18, 2012 at 11:58pm

Unfortunately I am not aware of such a tutorial. Maybe there is one.
Be sure you read the Grasshopper primer pdf book. Download the English version from here.

Or Italian from here.

It will clear up much of thing that bother grasshopper beginners.
Additionally you can check out some other grasshopper books and video tutorials from here.

Permalink Reply by stefania on November 25, 2012 at 1:27pm

hallo...I am sorry to bother you but This programme made me crazy!!!

I have another question...if I have a just a single surface and I want to do a hole...what should I do?

thank you

Permalink Reply by djordje on November 25, 2012 at 1:36pm

Something like this maybe?

Attachments:

surface.gh, 4 KB

Permalink Reply by stefania on November 25, 2012 at 1:58pm

Yes, but if I want a rectangle should I use the rectangle function from the following path: curve>primitive>rectangle (create a rectangle on a plane)?

I tried to modify your file replacing the circle with the rectangle but It doesn't work.

Permalink Reply by djordje on November 25, 2012 at 2:29pm

Yes, that is the name of the component.
Here is the edited version.

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surface.gh, 4 KB

Permalink Reply by stefania on November 25, 2012 at 2:41pm

I tried to make a model as the one you made the first time starting from my elementary knowledge about Grasshopper . I was trying to find a different solution of the problem, but of course mine doesn't work. I attached the file below, could you please tell me what's wrong?

I am really thankful for your help

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