Hi everyone, As the title suggests I was wondering if there is a way in Grasshopper to control the amount of intersection happening in a friction fit waffle structure (finger joint/lap joints). [1] [2] [3] As shown here in this example of 2 intersected sections they are each both cutting about…

Check if this helps: Intersection Length.gh (61.0 KB) [image] When deciding where to start the notch, be cautious changing the value, probably better to double-click and enter value, or slide (zoomed into slider) carefully/smoothly: [image] Usually (for speed/performance) with waffles it help…

Wow, that is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to do that. If I were to ask one more question it would be if this method could easily be applied to more complex geometry. My main model I am trying to get this waffle structure to work for is this elephant. It’s getting cut up…

I’ll take a look. What units are you using, if it matters? Also: Your elephant figure appears to be symmetrical, which implies you could just waffle half of it then mirror. [image] kip jarrett: It’s getting cut up a little weird when I apply it One reason is the contour planes not being di…

[image] René Corella: appears to be symmetrical Just checked - appears but isn’t haha Still, it’s probably better to dictate placement of slicing planes in the most “symmetrical” way possible, if that makes sense. Still want to know what your unit system should be.

What I should have said is that ‘more complex’ geometry can be anything, really, as soon as intersecting produces floating slices, or multiple intersections per plane: [image] …at that point the data-handling needs to be a little different. More importantly, and prior to said data-handling, a fa…

[image] How can I solve Brep plane data conversion error? Grasshopper This is the best way to create a waffle structure in my opinion. It fixes a flaw in the original method for creating slots in this thread (which needs a better title!). The fix for that problem is in …

Thank you so much for all your help with this! Extremely insightful and helpful. I’m fairly new at Grasshopper and you used a lot of parameters in the script I didn’t even know existed! So I have my research cut out for me while I go through the code haha. Very much appreciated. Making things out of…

[image] kip jarrett: Also, for those sections in blue, those would have gotten notched as well but basically you told it not to in those areas? Yes, I intentionally left them without getting notched as a temporary ‘strategy’. [image] kip jarrett: I wonder if I could use the same idea to …

Controlling Waffle Structure Intersection Lengths?

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Joseph_Oster July 1, 2024, 11:47pm 7

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Controlling Waffle Structure Intersection Lengths?

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