Help with my script for Calatrava train station/ Accordion shape

Hi, was following this tutorial and dont know why mine isnt turning out like the video does

Calatrava Train Station Modelling Parametric Design.gh (25.2 KB)
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eventually i want to make this accordion shape on grasshopper (see attached image), would be greatful for any help or suggestions for this, thanks!

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You are trying to Loft a grafted input. And you have selected ‘Draw wireframe preview geometry’ instead of ‘Draw shaded preview geometry’, which makes the loft invisible.


Calatrava Train Station_2023Jan23a.gh (25.4 KB)

Without the plugin, I can only guess what you’re trying to do after this Loft but I’ll hazard a guess that Split Brep will do the job without Pufferfish.

P.S. Perhaps something like this? (white group)


Calatrava Train Station_2023Jan23b.gh (31.2 KB)

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Ah thank you yes this helps! Was having issues with rhino recognizing the plugin so splitbrep is a good alternative

Your shape is interesting, I congratulate you on getting as far as you did. Pretty cool.

I took another look at the code I posted yesterday and made a few more changes, adding the option to treat the three sides as ‘Three surfaces’ or ‘One polysurface’ (Value List in blue group).


Calatrava Train Station_2023Jan25a.gh (34.0 KB)

I was curious about the visible creases in the loft and whether there is any difference between the two methods, but when I baked the results, the creases are plainly visible in both. Same as yesterday.

So I tried Sweep 2 instead of Loft and the result looks much better, with and without zebra surface analysis. Loft is in background (top), sweep is in foreground (bottom).


Calatrava Train Station_2023Jan25b.gh (34.4 KB)

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