Animating Facade Flow / Radial Pattern

[emcordo (emilycordova)]

Hello,

I am creating a kinetic facade that consist of small squares, trying to animate it to look as though the wind flows through it. I have gotten the script to a point where it creates a random pattern, however I am not sure what I can connect to this so that its not as random and more of a flowing or radial pattern.

Facade is similar to the product at this link: https://extechinc.com/products/kinetic-wall-dynamic-facade/

Kinetic facade.gh (18.3 KB)

[Joseph_Oster]

Pipe is taking 52 seconds (so I disabled it)
Area is taking 25 seconds (so I disabled and replaced it)

Kinetic facade_2025Feb7a.gh (17.8 KB)

MUCH FASTER

Now I can work on animating it…

[emcordo (emilycordova)]

Thanks! Good to know what was slowing it down so much.

[Joseph_Oster]

Disabled other slow, irrelevant bits, this is all that matters:

Kinetic facade_2025Feb7b.gh (19.4 KB)

Move the ‘Seed’ slider (blue group) to animate.

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P.S. Oh, wait, I just noticed these words in the thread title: “Radial Pattern”

That will take more time… Not sure I have that much time right now.

[emcordo (emilycordova)]

Thanks for that! Yeah I do need a more radial pattern so that it looks like the wind flowing through it. I can do some more research if you don’t have the time. Thanks for the help!

[Joseph_Oster]

@emcordo

Yeah I do need a more radial pattern so that it looks like the wind flowing through it.

Looks like wind now, I don’t see how a “radial pattern” would result from wind

[emcordo (emilycordova)]

Parking Structure KINETICWALL | Wind Driven Dynamic Facade in Plano

Looking for something closer to this.

[emcordo (emilycordova)]

Grid flapper

Hi all, I’m working on a kinetic sculpture composed of an array of hanging tiles (“flappers”). I’d like to see if I can simulate their behavior when the metal grid they are attached to is perturbed. I can easily simulate a single flapper, but it’s been a while since I spent time with Kangaroo, and I’m already stuck – I can create more flappers, but can’t figure out how to get them to move independently. Any input appreciated! gridflapper1.gh (13.7 KB)

I found this which is what I am looking for. However not sure how i would connect this back to what i currently have.

[Joseph_Oster]

@emcordo

I found this which is what I am looking for.

That looks like a wind pattern. This is a radial pattern, though not animated.

Kinetic facade_2025Feb7c.gh (18.8 KB)

Good luck, it’s your art project.

[emcordo (emilycordova)]

Thank you I can work with this!