David, I see that there is an "Untrim" surface component in the last install, but is there a trim command that I could use in this case? Would it be something that will be released in the new version? Or should I try to make some sort of work around? Thanks, Andy
On Oct 23, 1:18 pm, Rchitekt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been working on a waffle system that creates an "egg crate" > structure from any set surface in Rhino. It has parametric sliders to > control how far you want to extrude the surface, the number of > divisions in the x and y axis and the material thickness of the actual > struts. Ideally, this definition would be used to create laser cut > models of any surface, and the notches would be already put into each > strut. I'm having one small problem. I've generated the boundary > curves (the strut outline) and I've been able to create the notches > based on the material thickness. My problem is I can't seem to join > the two... meaning, I can't seem to trim out the notch portion of the > boundary curve and get one unified curve that could be immediately > sent to the laser cutter. I've tried to create solids out of the > struts and the notches and doing a boolean difference, but it didn't > seem to give me any kind of usable output. I'm very close to > finishing this script and I'm just curious if anyone could help me on > this last step. Here's a link to the screenshot of how the script > workshttp://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/waffle%20system_01.jpg?hl=en > And here is a link to the > definition.http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/web/waffle%20system_08.g... > Thanks for your help in advance. > Best, > Andy
