Hi, I’m pretty new to grasshopper and I was hoping someone would have some advice on the best way to populate a subd surface with a custom pattern. This is what i am trying to achieve (image attached). I understand the script for voronoi patterning although i am struggling to apply the same principle to a subd surface using a custom pattern. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance and I apologise if this is a rudimentary enquiry.
Kind regards,
Scott
You might consider using Paneling tools for that: PanelingTools for Rhino and Grasshopper | Food4Rhino
It actually is not a rudimentary question. Mapping an accurate pattern across arbitrary surfaces can be quite a difficult engineering problem.
Use the ToNURBS command on the SubD first. Areas of quad faces will get packed into single surfaces. These can then be used as the target surface for a GH file or the FlowAlongSrf command. If you don’t get the surface(s) you need from ToNURBS, you can generally make them with NetworkSrf after DupEdge for the curves off the SubD (or draw them and project/pull).
Thank you guys kindly for your prompt replies and the info; I’ll review the panelling tools and trial the ToNUBRBS methods this afteroon.
Thanks again, have a great day, Cheers, Scott
I am planning to add a custom pattern to a sphere with holes . Does it apply ?
