Hi,
Unique Panels.gh (459.8 KB)
I have a façade which has a range of unique elements, some are mirrored/flipped making but remains the same. Is there a way to sort similar geometry with the same angles? I want to know how many unique elements I have on the façade, representing them visually with colour
Please see attached script.
Hi,
You cannot compare Breps directly. You have to extract a number that represents the entire geometry. After trying with the angle of the tip of the block, I tried with the distance from the tip to the left of the panel for better results.
It seems this facade is built by GH so you probably have those angles/distances available somewhere instead of computing them again ?
Unique Panels.gh (476.7 KB)
Hi @user2662
here’s my attempt, pretty much consistent with @magicteddy solution. But instead of calculating one angle, I grouped the three angles (roughly) to a distinctive identification “code”, unique for each different type. The rounding allows for tolerance in grouping.
You seem to have the same jittery pattern on the upper part of the right facade as I had. Hence the change to distance.
Ok, had to check this… Solution seems to hold up after check-up.
I oriented all “similar” parts to Y-axis, and the shape groups seem consistent.
Rounding with 1 decimal, we get 16 different ones.
With maybe a bit too much variation within one group.
Rounding with 2 decimals gets better results, but gives 116 different ones.
Unique Panels_sort unique by angles.gh (474.2 KB)
