How can I create an irregular quartz shape - Rhino 5

[erica.ghioni]

Hi everyone,
i’m trying to figure out what is the easiest way to get a irregular quartz shape like the attached one.
I’m currently creating it through polylines but it seems too hard to do it.
thanks!

[laurent_delrieu]

In grasshopper there is a component to generate one crystal. David Rutten has done a script to make crystals

Crystal Maker Test Gems with .IOR in Thea Render

Hey, I did a test in Thea Render with @DavidRutten 's “Crystal Maker” Grasshopper tool: I used a tiny 0.01 Edge Softening for some subtle edge-highlights and all the materials are lab-measured gems using .ior files for diamond (most of the gems in the background), ruby, sapphire, amethyst, aquamarine, emerald, tourmaline and titanium dioxide (lower right). (Some of the colours are quite subtle in this size of just a few millimetres…) The only light is from a HDRI, so the caustics are not as …

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[nfoldager]

How about making a bigger solid and then apply Cutplane as you like?

Niels