Thanks for the reply visose, and sorry about the wrong reply method! I think now I understand how it works now. I had to familiarize myself with some of the objects you used. Thanks for your help.
mani On Dec 5, 1:17 pm, visose <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a slight inconvenience in this definition. I create the lofted > curves by splitting a kinked curve. If the height difference between > two consecutive points exceeds the kink threshold, the surface will > break. If there is no desire to create a ceiling with such a radical > slope, you could just cap the sliders so that this never occurs. > > On Dec 5, 7:03 pm, visose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi mani, > > I tried to recreate your definition using an alternative method. I > > create curves perpendicular to yours and then loft them all together > > with the "straight" option. I think this has the same effect (a > > surface with one smooth direction and the other with sharp edges). The > > definition has a series of "merge 10" components connected to sliders, > > each represent a row of points in the x direction. By default there > > are 5 points in each row. If you want 7 points per row for example, > > you just need to change the "X" slider from 5 to 7 and add a couple of > > sliders in the empty inputs of the "merge 10" components. > > I'm probably not explaining myself very well, so try it > > out:http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/cieling2.ghx > > I also added an blank extra "merge 10" component if you want to grow > > in the y axis. > > > On Dec 4, 11:27 pm, mani <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey Scott > > > > Well it's not the complication that is the problem but the > > > efficienciency. For example if I need to extent the surface , it means > > > i have to add a series of points, draw a line between, then loft > > > them ... > > > I think there should be a way to generate more points in a sequence > > > [maybe a series of them] to allow the loft to expand. What do you > > > think? > > > > Thanks for the respond. > > > mani > > > > On Dec 3, 1:02 pm, Splash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mani - > > > > It does not look too bad here. Is there a specific place in the > > > > definintion that seems too complicated to you? > > > > > - Scott > > > > > On Dec 2, 6:20 pm, mani <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am trying to control two loft surfaces made from a series of points. > > > > > I'm having difficulty keeping my grasshopper file simple while > > > > > expanding it. > > > > > I have uploaded the file as: responsive_ceiling.ghx > > > > > > any help is appreciated... > > > > > mani
