Controlling Windows in Grasshopper

[Joseph_Oster]

This is a complex subject that depends on various constraints that are not specified in your question or model. How many windows horizontally? How many floors? Min/max horizontal distance from edges? Orientation of your surfaces? Etc.

Here are a couple of threads that touch on aspects of this issue:

Generative Building Elevations, form Curves and Massing

I had a mental block yesterday that led to the rather absurd idea requiring Series and ‘Max’ (maximum number of windows expected on any side). I got over it and offer the following, which gets the same results. Much simpler! (white group) [Type_01_2019Aug7a] Type_01_2019Aug7a.gh (26.2 KB)

Windows/roof lights Optimisation

OUCH!!! Opening your model freezes up my computer. Grafting the ‘C’ input to ArrRec results in 3600 rectangles(!) which chokes SDiff. Warning to anyone who wants to open that file: disable GH solver first and then disable SDiff before doing anything else. Standby for a fix… Here is one possibility: [Standard%20Glazing_2019Jul22a] Standard Glazing_2019Jul22a.gh (16.1 KB)