How to capture mean curvature in Grasshopper?

[Tashakori_Jose]

I want to capture the minimum curvature of something in grasshopper, does anyone know how?

Thank you.

[maje90 (Riccardo Majewski)]

Minimum curvature something ?
Like, the most straight part of a curve?

[Tashakori_Jose]

Apologies, I was meant to write the mean curvature, not minimum, the mean curvature of a mesh

[maje90 (Riccardo Majewski)]

Ok, if so, if you can, try to correct this post title and your posts message (just to let search engine works better…).
“Minimum curvature of something” and “mean curvature of a mesh” are quite different…

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Unluckily for you, a mesh is one of those geometries that have no curvature (no min, no mean, no max).
You can build up some logic to “interpret” a mesh shape as curvature, but you’ll encounter many exceptions and odd cases.

May I ask why you need this?

[Joseph_Oster]

White is minimum, blue is maximum curvature on this curve.

curvature_2023Feb7a.gh (6.8 KB)

Showing the curvature vectors with a ‘Magnify’ slider:

curvature_2023Feb7b.gh (8.4 KB)

[Tashakori_Jose]

Thank you Joseph

[Tashakori_Jose]

Thank you Riccardo, I am unable to delete the thread, I have flagged it for admins to review, hope they can sort it.

Also I need it for my Kangaroo simulation, I am simulating a flat state shape forming a dome like shape using constraints.

Thank you for the help.

[akilli (Ethan Gross)]

The NGon plugin contains a Mesh Curvature component.

NGon

[Tashakori_Jose]

Thanks!