Convert NURBS curve into Arcs [with arcs of a predetermined raduis]

Hey guys,

I am trying to find a way to rationalise NURBS curve (for the purposes of manufacture) by splitting it up into a series of arcs. However, these arcs need to be selected from a predeteremined list of arcs which have different radiuses. In other words, if I have a group of NURBS cuves, I want to be able to split them up with a series of arcs that have families of radiuses, say every meter.

This means that I could rebuild my NURBS curves in the following way:

NURBS 1: [rebuild with 5 arcs] :

Arc 1 (25m radius) + Arc 2 (17m radius) + Arc 3 (44m radius) + Arc 4 (33m radius) + Arc 5 (12m radius)

NURBS 2: [rebuild with 3 arcs] :

Arc 1 (25m radius) + Arc 2 (17m radius) + Arc 3 (12m radius)

Ect...

In this example there are 2 instances of 25 m radius arcs, 2 instances of 17 m radius and 2 instances of 12 m radius.

These would be fitting to best rebuild the NURBS curves with a tolerance.

I have started by trying to group similar points of curvature along the NURBS curve, but not sure is a good way to proceed.

Not sure if its clear what I want to achieve, but any advice would be great!

Thanks

dan

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 14, 2013 at 10:54am

It sounds pretty tricky. How do you solve this problem by hand in Rhino?

You basically have to decide on a tradeoff between distance-deviation from the original curve and angle-deviation from the original curve. It would be fairly trivial to create a curve with a HUGE amount of tiny tiny arcs that approximate the original curve, but that's probably not what you're after.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Seattle, WA

Permalink Reply by Daniel Reynolds on October 16, 2013 at 4:18am

Hi David,

I ended up using a c# script that rebuilds a curve with multiple arcs with a set deviation tolerance, and then rebuilding those arcs by replacing their radiuses with radiuses of incremental values (say every 500mm) (see screenshot)

This script helped me replaces the radiuses:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/arc-from-2-points-and-a-r...

The only thing is, I would like to minimize kinks. But this may be impossible!

Dan

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Reynolds on October 16, 2013 at 4:20am

And thanks for your earlier reply btw!

Permalink Reply by AlexSp on May 3, 2016 at 8:36am

Hi Daniel,

I'm having the same problem that I have to rebuild a nurbs crv in given arc segments. I will try to rebuild your definition the next days. It would be a big help if you are able to share the gh-file.

Many thanks!

Alex

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