Hi, I would like to know how can I transform the GH definition I have into a door.. I tried connecting what suppose to be the leaf, but it just nullifies my geometry. Don’t know how to create this style.
porta veneziana pra visualarq.gh (15.8 KB)
Why do you need all these plugins for a door?
Cheers, Jaro
Hi @Leo13 you need to adjust 2 things in your definition to make it compatible with a Grasshopper Style:
- The door needs to be aligned with the XZ Plane (yours is in YZ), making its bottom central point be on the 0,0 coordinates.
- The geometry of the different components of the window needs to be connected to ending Geometry components. Like this:
The names given to these Geometry params will be the names of your components.
I recommend taking a look a the tutorials to create Grasshopper Styles. You will find some sample Grasshopper definitions for each case. This is the tutorial for doors: Doors windows - VisualARQ
Let me know if you have any doubts or questions!
Sorry, but i don’t get it. Mine is in XZ and the door leaf geometry is linked to a geometry GH component that is named.
if you mean pufferfish is to extrude brep
Ok, this is what I see when I open that file:
But I don’t have the pufferfish or wombat add-ons, so I guess that what I see is some intermedium geometry in the middle of the definition, which is not what it comes out.
Using third-party add-ons in Grasshopper Styles is a bit risky, because if you want to share your models with other users or Rhino sessions that don’t have these add-ons installed, the objects might not be generated properly.
Have you tried connecting the geometrical parts to ending geometry components?
ok, I putted the offset command from pufferfish before move in order to have the output geometry to connect the object VA, but still missing something. please take a look:
Hi @Leo13 this screenshot is quite different from the gh file you have provided. So I’m confused now about what you are trying to do.
Are you trying to create a new door style with the VisualARQ components in Grasshopper or a new door style from a “Grasshopper Style”?
In the first case you need to use the “built-in” VisualARQ components in Grasshopper for the new door style. You cannot connect any geometry in there. See screenshot below:
In the second case, you don’t need any VisualARQ component at all. Just create the final object with geometry components in Grasshopper, and have the different parts connected to ending “Geometry Params” (which are not further connected to any other component).
yes, I reorganized it in order to connect the geometry and aligned the VA components (that in my previous script were downwards).
What I want is to create a VA style with the geometry I done in grasshopper, in order to this style be parametric and not static. So I think I need the second option.
I tried using the VA in rhino selecting grasshopper style, but I couldnt understand anything at all… it only showed up a curve and number sliders, no other geometry at all.
Porta veneziana.gh (22.9 KB)
Hi @Leo13 you need to connect the different parts of the door to “ending” geometry Params, which are not connected to anything else. Like this:
I encourage you to take a look at the Grasshopper Styles documentation, to better understand all the requirements to create a new Grasshopper Style: Grasshopper Styles | VisualARQ help
I’ll be glad to help with any further doubts or questions.
also, the implementation of the door is looking like this. Maybe it is because the thing you said before, but on my rhino the gh definition it is showing if it is correct.
Leo, you don’t read carefully 
As Francesc said, you have to move your definition like this:
Cheers, Jaro
only the profile or the whole thing?
the whole thing 
Ok, and how can I insert handles in my style? @fsalla
Hello,
I don’t think you can add a regular “handle” as you could with a VA definition. You have to add some geometry for it just inside your GH definition. Something like this (for example, an internalized solid):
Then, when you get a door definition inside a VA document you can change some parameters of the handle, like its elevation and offset:
Cheers, Jaro
This is good but it will only be able to be add at one side of the door.. I wish to add to both sides of the door leaf.
@fsalla is it possible?
