Something I’ve found in my archives – one of the first projects I did when starting my EngD in 2013. We had received a domed roof from the architect, and we had been asked to optimise the form and experiment with different gridding options.
The problem was that the model we received was nothing more than a collection of lines arranged into one grid pattern and lots of little mesh faces between these lines – no NURBS surfaces or anything else nice to work with! The challenge was therefore threefold: recreate the NURBS surface, manipulate the surface into a structurally more efficient form (think lots of non-zero Gaussian curvature) and then apply a range of grids to it.
In hindsight, the methodology presented below certainly isn’t the most efficient or effective, but the important thing (as is usually the case in engineering) is that it got the job done!
Continue reading Creating a relaxed grid on a mesh dome roof with Rhino/Grasshopper and SmartForm