BUILDING INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION 
Generally speaking, a line or curve can be seen as a one-dimensional object with a starting point and an endpoint that define the curve domain. The location of every point on the curve can be defined by a parameter “(t)” that falls inside the curve’s one-dimensional domain. Every point on a curve has a tangential vector “T” associated with it. When one “reparameterises” a curve in grasshopper (r-click on the curve component), one resets this domain to “0 to 1”, meaning the starting point has an associated value of t=0, and the end point a value of t=1.  
 

PROCEDURE  

1. NURBS Surfaces
Generally speaking, a surface can be seen as a two-dimensional object with a u-direction and a v-direction. Its corner points define a two-dimensional domain. The location of every point on the surface can be defined by a parameter set “(u,v)” that falls inside the surface’s two-dimensional domain. Every point on the surface has a normal vector “N” associated with it. When one “reparameterises” a surface in grasshopper (r-click on the curve component), one resets this domain to u (0 to 1) and v (0 to 1), meaning the origin has an associated value of t=0, and the end the opposite corner a value of t=1. A trimmed version maintains it’s part outside of the cutting line, but does not display them. A polysurface, or BRep (boundary representation) is built up from a series of (possibly trimmed) surfaces.
2. Meshes  
A mesh is defined by a generic collection of mesh faces. Each mesh face is defined by its 3 or 4 vertexes (T = triangular face, Q= quadrangular face). To define a mesh one needs 1) a list of vertex coordinates, 2) a list of the faces that make up the mesh, and 3) the definition of which vertexes define each face. Each vertex has a normal vector “N” associated with it, and can contain colour