Three Takeaways
A takeaway I had is how design revolves around technology and nature, and a designers job is to merge the 2 of them. Another is how life will progress with technology, something like clothes may grow on its on in the future or adapt to the climate we live in. I also think its interesting that despite the progress in tech we are still behind nature, ie. spiderwebs, insect wings.
Ideating possible weave patterns in rhino
I worked on making a rhino model for our joints project. I wanted to create a human body model, with the joints as the joints in an acuatl human body.
Worked on creating the joints as well as starting to test them with the printer
Tried testing out the joints print, but it didn't print correctly. Adjusted the size for test 2.
Printed second prototype, but it failed. Re printed making it larger and adding a raft.
#1 | Importing points from Rhino to Grasshopper
#2 | Create your point directly in grasshopper
Combined the polar array with the line with 2 points, which created this shape.
Added the move and similarly to above altered the polar array to create this bowl like shape.
Number #1 : Cylinder Component
Number #2 : Extruding a Circle
Number #3 : Lofting Two Circles
Number #4 : Piping a Line Segment
Number #5 : Revolving a Line Segment
Similar to above, but I altered the vector to be a y one. I also changed the start and end points, which changed the slope of the line.
Added a z value to the lofting of 2 circles which altered the shape of the cylinder creating a weird shape.
Using the Hexagonal Component
Using the Radial Component
Using the Rectangular Component
Using the Triangular Component
I tried changing the planes
Creating a Torus
I substituted the circle with the Triangular component
I set the plane to the xy and I then extruded the lines
Used the move function as well as the hexagonal component
Grasshopper | Voronoi on 2D
Creating a file to use the CNC plasma cutter or the CNC router
Getting your file ready for 3D printing
Grasshopper Making a Table
Added another layer to the table
Curves & Surfaces
Example
Let’s create even spaced circles along the curve
Visual Example
Visual Example
Visual Example
Visual Example
2D Illusion Pattern
2D Illusion Pattern
The Graph Mapper Component
A lot of steps so it was a bit difficult to follow, but the final result was really cool
Paneling with Surface Morph
There were a lot of inputs and outputs to connect which made it tricky, but it is intresting seeing the final shape
Creating a Voronoi Cell
I enjoyed making these, it feels very satisfying and is cool to look at
Three I felt confident about:
Polar Array
Extrude
The direction ones (x,y,z vectors)
Three I was confused with:
Voronoi
Graphmapper
Brep
I explored the Voronoi tool in grasshopper. A Voronoi Diagram is a bunch of different regions that are created by a point that expands until it meets the expansion of a different point which then stops forming these regions:
In Grasshopper the principle is the same thing, you plot a bunch of points and connect them to the Voronoi component. Using number sliders you are able to expand the radius around the point. In addition, using weaverbird in Grasshopper you can apply Voronoi to meshes.
For my tutorial I created circles where the points would populate in and using the MD slider was able to move them around the plane.
The graph mapper tool in grasshopper takes a set of inputs and then remaps it to a new set of values. Essentially, the input on the x axis is remapped using a curve onto the y axis.
For my tutorial I graphed a line of points using the tool, and then connected them with lines creating a cool pattern.
