6.3. Fabrication Examples – Building Simplexity Lab

August 23 2022

05. Random Curve Network Fabrication

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6.3.05. random curve network fabrication

Date published: August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION

This exercise illustrates how fabrication data can be generated to produce a doubly curved interconnected curve network by unrolling all members into straight lines with marked-up intersection points. Developed layout information includes curve naming, interconnection tagging, and dimensions.

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

Software

Rhino

Grasshopper

Plugins

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course files

Random_Curve_Fabrication.zip

1.98 MB | 66 downloads

August 23 2022

04. Curve Network Fabrication

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6.2.04. curve network fabrication

Date published: August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

Software

Rhino

Grasshopper

Plugins

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course files

Curve_Network_Fabrication.zip

5.42 MB | 148 downloads

August 23 2022

03. Spreadsheet Data Streaming

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6.2.03. Spreadsheet Data Streaming

Date published: August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION

This exercise illustrates how data can be streamed from a Grasshopper panel to

e.g., an Excel spreadsheet using a .csv (comma separated values) file by right- clicking onto the panel. Here we extract the corner point coordinates of a set of sub-surfaces of a main surface.

PROCEDURE

In Grasshopper:

1.Get the vertex coordinates of all sub-surfaces

2.Convert to string (=text), remove “{“and remove & replace the “}” with a “,”

3.Reshuffle the data so that each line in the panel has all coordinates combined with values separated by a comma.

4.Right-click and Stream Contents to a .csv file

In Excel:

5.Open a new spreadsheet and click on the first cell where you want to insert your table

6.Data > Get External Data > From text: select your .csv file

7.Set the data delimiters to comma

Update:

8.Re-stream the data from Grasshopper

9.Data > Refresh All in Excel

Spreadsheets and data exportation allow for a direct communication with various other softwares and fabrication tools. Several plugins provide more advanced functionality to allow communication between Grasshopper, Excel, and other software packages.

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

Software

Rhino

Grasshopper

Plugins

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course files

Spreadsheet Data Streamer.zip

1.22 MB | 35 downloads

August 23 2022

02. Finger Joint Cube

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6.2.02. finger joint cube

Date published: August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION

This exercise creates a finger-joint joinery around the faces of a cube. 4 of the faces are identical with 2 faces being inset to provide the interior locking fingers of the structure.

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

Software

Rhino

Grasshopper

Plugins

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course files

Finger_Joint_Cube.zip

3.37 MB | 78 downloads

August 23 2022

01. Egg Crate Lasercut Files

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6.2.01. egg crate lasercut files

Date published: August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION

This exercise takes any BREP and creates the laser-cutting files to create an egg carton facsimile of its volume.

Through its input parameters it allows you to control elements such as material thickness, tolerance, numbers of pieces in both directions etc. It then re-orients the pieces to a flat plane and lays them out next to each other according to direction, and labels all of them both in the 3D model and on the flattened drawing.

By choosing a single-line font you can number or label your flattened puzzle pieces contour lines in a way that the laser-cutter can quickly cut or score. Laser-cut friendly fonts are e.g. “machtssr-gm.ttf ”, “machtgth.ttf ”, or even, for some more challenging tagging “braille.ttf ”.

This exercise is using Grasshopper version 1.0.0007

Software

Rhino

Grasshopper

Plugins

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course files

Egg_Crater_Lasercut_File.zip

6.14 MB | 59 downloads