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On Feb 25, 8:47 pm, Steffen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > first time me posting here regarding my diploma thesis. I would be > very grateful if some in here could give me an advice how to continue. > I try to describe it in a few words. If you start to get bored and you > are just interested in troubleshooting, just skip the background part > and continue below: *) > > '----------------------------------------------------------------------' > The topic is a parametric strategy to combine a arabian housing > development with an solar tower plant in subtropical urban areas - > actually aiming at saudi-arabian cities. > > - You just take any geometrical shape which is uninhabited in a city. - > DONE > - You run an analysis in GH about the best potential for the location > of the tower as centre. - DONE > (most facts taken > fromhttp://www.powerfromthesun.net/Chapter10/Chapter10new.htm) > - You cover the area with a dense structural layer of heliostats > having different angles concerning their position > in the area. -DONE > - You develop an urban grid for mobility (like roads and PRT tracks), > areas for housing and green areas based > on human needs like max. walking distance etc. - DONE > > At this point you have everything except housing structures...and now > comes the trouble part: > > - the areas/surfaces assigned for housing have to be covered with a > maximum density of arabic courtyard > houses for different family sizes AND respecting the local lighting > conditions there are in regard of the heliostat > mirror layer above. Speaking geometrically to cut a long story > short: > '-----------------------------------------------------------------------' > > **) I need some kind of circle packing algorithm in GH (with vb?) for > a specific shape taking area sizes from an excel-sheet and modifying > the circles depending on the light they get at the particular position > without overlapping each other. > > For me it longs for a genetic algorithm which optimizes iterative the > max. number of circles on the surface and to be scripted as a VB- > component like a mix of this circle packing algorithm (http:// > en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/2DCirclePacking.html) with > input from excel. Unfortunately I always avoided any vb (i still have > some knowledge in rhinoscript though). > > So if anybody could give me some hints or examples or bright ideas how > to face the task it would definitely cheer me definitely up. Anybody > being interested can also write me by mail and I would love to send > you my ghx.files so far. > > Thanks, Steffen
