7_1 MINIMAL SURFACE MODULE
February 6, 2011
This is GH construction for one of well-known minimal surfaces. It is using ‘Evaluate Length’ to be flexible for any scale and using ‘Arc’ or ‘Bi-Arc’ to be a module for continuous minimal surface. The Arcs for surface module are defined by 4 points. You can follow the tutorial below. (GH version : Build 0.8.0004)
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hey,
just wanted to say i love your blog, really great work!
i was able to model the “module” successfully, but then couldn’t really figure out which “diagonals” it needs to be mirrored across to create the entire minimal surface.
any suggestions?
thanks!
benjamin
Hi benjamin,
Mirroring of the module works in a cube. After making module, you can ‘mirror’ diagonally. See the module in all different views; front, right, left, top… for each view you can mirror the module, so you can get the entire minimum surface within that cube.
HG
Hi Hyoung-gul,
thank you so much for this tutorial! it is very helpful
I have completed one “leg” of the whole object through using the planes we made in the tutorial but am having a hard time mirroring the other 3 legs inside the box.
How should I be defining the other the other planes to complete the whole object?
thank you so much
Jessica
Hi Jessica,
I set up the mirroring process in GH which makes it possible to apply any surface as well as mirroring. Please look at the next example ‘Minimal Surface Paneling’ But it is complicated and it might be difficult to follow if you are beginner. But you can sill mirror in rhino from one leg.Try to mirror diagonally in different view. good luck!
HG
Thanks for the tutorial, just one question…Why is the final edge of the surface composed of a bi-arc instead of a normal arc? I’ve tried it with an arc and it seems to work fine, though the geometry is slightly different.
Thanks for interest in my works. You can use arc, but it might not make smooth surface because different surface radius between two edges. It is important to make it perpendicular at each edge.
Hyoung-Gul