I want to make an exterior truss system like the picture I attached. Any idea how I could or a grasshopper script?
Did you try searching for Truss System on here? There are a lot of threads on it. Here is the simplest to get you started:
Have a look through the search results:
https://discourse.mcneel.com/search?q=truss+system
I mean from the way you asked your question I am deducting that you are an absolute beginner!? There are lots of helpful people here on the forum, but you need to be a bit more clear with your question and ideally already have something to work from, like a grasshopper file and screenshot of what you have done so far. It can also be hand drawing. It can be very little, but it makes it more likely you will get help, because it shows you already put some effort yourself.
Stuff like: What part of the truss system in the picture are you interested? How do you define where the truss system is? How tall is it? Will it be regular or irregularly shaped? etc etc.
But then you will find there is lots of help here if you are stuck.
I have the shape I want now, but I want to add some dimension. Like the pictures, how would I do that?
Truss.gh (11.5 KB)
What does this mean?
like make it into a support beam rather than a line.
What is the output? are you fabricating these or more for visualization? What is the level of detail req’d?
More visual, just to show that the beams are a physical thing.
Is there a Grasshopper requirement? a few minutes with Push Pull in Rhino 8 will get you there. In Grasshopper you would need to account for a lot of factors/conditions. A mix of Rhino/GH is typically ideal.
I don’t have Rhino 8 I’m on Rhino 7.
Could you show me your full script?
That was one of the scripts linked above
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