I did some searching and couldn’t find what I was looking for so I hope this isn’t a double post. But since it’s seems like an easy task it might be.
I’ve attached a GH file where I have deconstructed BREP’s and sorted the list of faces by area. I want to now pull those specific faces with the largest area’s out of the deconstructed BREP list.
My end goal is to apply a C-plane to those faces to remap the parts for laying out for CNC. Not looking for help for the rest of my problem, want to figure it out on my own as much as possible.
Just can’t seem to find what component to use to match my indexed list to my brep list.
You will notice that i included a line that denotes the Z axis: this orientation being critical to getting your objects cut on the right side.
There are a number of ways to deal with the issue of getting those in the proper orientation, which will mostly depend on your particular geometry and situation – just something you will want to keep control of (ideally not at the end of your process, not that it couldn’t be)
Yeah that’ll be necessary to ensure my pockets are facing the correct direction.
Getting this to where I really want it to be will take some work but It’ll be a good learning experience.
Thanks
My ‘weapon of choice’ in most processes is the plugin Elefront.
There are dim and text components, as well as attributes and filtering that I find invaluable. They also have a dwg export component you might be needing.
That’s funny because I have been watching “The Morpheus Hotel: From Design to Production: (not so)Live Webinar” today and they talked about that plug-in. I’ll check it out see what it has to offer.
That how i work, basically trying to emulate their process. To much success so far, just let me know if you have any questions.
They put a really good description on the plugin download page of the process.
All tools are designed to work with worksession files. A typical workflow would be:
Have all your input geometry brought in by means of one or multiple worksession files.
Reference the geometry in Grasshopper based on filters. A data tree will be created with one branch for each property.
Process the geometry in Grasshopper and bake the new geometry in your clean and empty model.
