Automated fitting (rhino/grasshopper)

[Eduardo6 (Eduardo)]

Hello,

Is there any way to change the type of fitting between the pieces in an automated way? I want to make a combination between the original fitting and a fitting like the example in the image below, making the external sheets and the internal slats have a tear, one fitting into the other. exactly between the red slat and the purple sheet where there is a green mark, this on all the sheets.

cone-lamp.3dm (18.9 MB)
cone-lamp.gh (1.8 MB)

[René_Corella]

Hey @Eduardo6,

See if tweaks here help:
cone-lamp.gh (1.8 MB)

Notes:

1. I changed the Rhino document tolerance to 0.001.
2. I had to make some ‘new’ mid planes (actually slicing through center of vertical shapes).
3. I corrected number of boundary surfaces generated for the vertical (stems) elements.

Best,
RC

[Eduardo6 (Eduardo)]

Hello,

I need to keep the cutting list with the order of the pieces (A0, A1, A2… B0, B1, B2… just like before).

And the internal pieces disappeared, or am I doing something wrong?

How do I define the thickness? I will be cutting a 3mm MDF sheet

[René_Corella]

@Eduardo6

[T]he internal pieces disappeared […] or am I doing something wrong?

They were taken out for a bit - the data was split to manage intersections between red and blue parts, which pertained to your question - I then assumed the internal rings didn’t need anything done - correct me if wrong.

You can retrieve the structure back - check/replace this:
cone-lamp.gh (1.8 MB)

@Eduardo6

How do I define the thickness?

Not sure - I didn’t see anything defining that in your grasshopper file, so I measured it from the model - turns out to be 3mm, so I used that value for notching the pieces:

[Eduardo6 (Eduardo)]

I need the inner rings.
some errors appeared here for me

[René_Corella]

uh oh - bummer - that’s because I’m on Rhino 8 - I’ll save you a version 7 one. The inner rings are there, though - no problem.

[René_Corella]

@René_Corella

I’ll save you a version 7 one

Apologies for delay - here it is - no errors on this side - check it:
cone-lamp-R7.gh (1.8 MB)

[Eduardo6 (Eduardo)]

Hello

I got an error here, I believe it is something related to the lack of a plugin.

How can I change the name of the parts to the same as before, like the image below?

thanks

[René_Corella]

Definitely not a plugin - it’s a bug - it’s an area component that got transferred over from R8 - it happens. Replace with a new area component.

You should be able to right-click that white box and get rid of it with ‘delete placeholder’ - if this option doesn’t show up I think you need to delete the group box thing first:

[Eduardo6 (Eduardo)]

Hello

The area error no longer appears, but these points in the image below appear.

How do I make the list of names the same as the original file, separated by A and B and their respective parts?

Thank you

[René_Corella]

Those points are the area centroids. Simply turn off the preview for the area component so they’re not visible?

@Eduardo6

How do I make the list of names the same as the original file

Though things stayed in the same place, the modified tree structure seems to affect it.

A quick ‘work-around’ here is to match the tree to your original tree:
cone-lamp-R7.gh (1.8 MB)
The section of the file I helped with starts prior to your original C# ‘mesh explode’ part (your white group), which outputs the data structure now matched.

I hope this helps - apologies for the back-and-forth.

Cheers

[Eduardo6 (Eduardo)]

Hello, sorry for so many questions, I don’t know much about Grasshopper, but I want to learn.

As soon as I opened the file, several errors appeared, but when I added the “Area” component, the errors disappeared, but the result is also not appearing in Rhino.
the inner rings are also gone.

[René_Corella]

Hi @Eduardo6 !

@Eduardo6

I don’t know much about Grasshopper

It seems you were using an example file to learn from, which is great! Keep it up!

@Eduardo6

but when I added the “Area” component, the errors disappeared

This little annoyance is due to the Rhino 8 components that aren’t supported by R7 Grasshopper/MAC version - just in case I saved the file again and threw an ‘old’ area component there:

If for whatever reason it doesn’t work, simply add your own area component as you did before.

Anyway,

@Eduardo6

but the result is also not appearing in Rhino

Oops, GH geometry preview was left off, in the future look to the upper right-hand corner and make sure the ‘white/green cylinder’ is turned off:

@Eduardo6

the inner rings are also gone

They shouldn’t be - I see them here - I have saved the file again with previewed geometry turned on; lastly just reconnect to your OpenNest process (I left it disconnected so the file loads fast, then connect + wait):

Make sure you open the latest file, here:
cone-lamp-R7_REV.gh (1.8 MB)

Best,
RC