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7_1 MINIMAL SURFACE MODULE

Hyoung-gul Kook — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:14:36 +0000

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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STUDY : HEXAGONAL WEAVING

Hyoung-gul Kook — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:40:37 +0000

This is an experiment about a kind of fabric paneling which is applicable to any rhino surface. And it is also possible to differentiate the overlap gap by using “attractors” (see Density Components). Basically, it started from setting up 3-dimensional woven frame with hexagonal modules. And each hexagonal module is shaped by using bezier curves (after offset to inside) between 3-dimensional points. The whole definition is pretty complicated, but most of them are already explained on my previous tutorials; Hexagonal Connection, Hexagonal Opening, Bezier Connection…

6_5 3D HEXAGONAL FRAME

Hyoung-gul Kook — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:58:13 +0000

This study started from the questions about a new 3-dimensional frame system using hexagonal modules. Rather than space frame generated from a surface, it is a geometric experiment about space frame generated from one curve. It could be potentially applied to a structural frame, or space cells and tessellation… Absolutely, the result has all possible parameters which is developable without limitation.

Other parametric potentials are explored.

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4_4 PROLIFERATIVE FOLDING

Hyoung-gul Kook — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:39:34 +0000

Folding Surface is one of the most attractive geometries in contemporary architecture. This one is a surface geometry which is based on ‘proliferative’ folding. The number of folding is proliferating and the scale of folding is going down. Absolutely, the number of foldings and divisions, folding depth and base geometries are all parametric. It could be applied to various architectural elements; canopy, dom, wall, … etc.

It started from a simple tree structure of points like this below.

And it could be applied by using path and profile curves.

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3_4 HEXAGONAL CONNECTION

Hyoung-gul Kook — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:36:58 +0000

This is a simple definition for hexagonal grid on surface. Likewise other connection definitions on this blog, the density of grid is adjustable with control points of surface.

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6_4 PYRAMID STRUCTURE

Hyoung-gul Kook — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:55:18 +0000

This is an example of structure using Triangular Grid in the new version of grasshopper. Tri-Grid has a lot of potentials for new structure. Pyramid would be one of the great advantages of Tri-Grid. It can be tessellated and deformed like this example.

6_2 THREE POINTS TRUSS (OCTET TRUSS)

Hyoung-gul Kook — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:58:56 +0000

This is a similar example of space truss using triangles. It is also useful to generate triangle surface panelings on any surfaces.

The logic is the same with 4-Points Truss. But it is a little complicated because it is coming from rectangular grids using ‘mid points’.

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6_1 FOUR-POINTS TRUSS

Hyoung-gul Kook — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:33:25 +0000

This would be a pretty useful definition for everyone. It generates a space truss for any kinds of Rhino surface. Of course everything is adjustable easily.

I used simple points organization for this definition. This is the basic principle of points organization and connection in grasshopper.

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3_3 BEZIER CURVE CONNECTION

Hyoung-gul Kook — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:38:18 +0000

This is good example of how to generate geometric patterns on surface. Bezier curves are really useful to create any kinds of continuous patterns (mesh, diagonal, puzzled, zigzag..). I used a simple organization of surface points. It might not be easy to understand points organization. But it is very logical and mathematical process, so I suggest just try..:)

This is a basic principle to extract four different Bezier curves; each one comes from different points group, so you should organize points first.

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5_3 DEFORMING SPIRAL

Hyoung-gul Kook — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:03:28 +0000

This is another example to show how indirect geometry controller works. Just with simple change from “density” to “radius”, the density definition changes to deforming definition. I used the same input evaluate value with Density Spiral.

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