Isopod - implicit surface tools

Grasshopper
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Thanks Daniel. I was wondering if there is a way to connect the Evaluation component (output: Result) to create IsoSurfaces? Is there any Iso Surface component similar to Millipede, which is not available anymore?

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Hi @Mahsan_Mohsenin
You can use this to create isosurfaces like you would with Millipede, but much faster.
One big difference in the setup is that instead of inputting the result of the ‘Evaluate’ expression component precomputed at a load of grid points like Millipede did, you input the expression/function itself.

Have a look at this example for providing your own mathematical expression:

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Thank you very much for sharing @corax – impressive collection! Do you happen to have more information on where the alternative names come from, and what the source keys ([Chr2024], [Fi2023] etc.) stand for?

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Here is the latest version of the TPMS collection:

Normalized TPMS.gh (32.0 KB)

You find the references in the section “Region Notes” close to the top - you may have to flip it open by clicking the caret on the side-bar.

Sorry, I have not noted down the sources for the alternative names. I just noted them down, whenever I encountered a duplicate TPMS formula.

Normalized TPMS lead to more predictable results, especially when combined with other fields (which should also be normalized / domain limited). I wrote a post on this above (post 335).

Let me know if you need further info.

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Thank you very much, I must have overlooked the region notes, it’s all there!

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Hello there,

Thanks for sharing all this work with us ! I am very interested on learning more on the possibilities for generating surfaces and mesh contours as a fine arts student. As I have no proper education on this field I am simply experimenting but I do encounter a failure whenever trying to preview my field textures, either with FT1 or FT2 on MacOS due to a path file failure, as slashes are systematically replaced by backslashes at a certain point :

‘/Users/Library/Application Support\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\Isopod’.

Is there a way I can fix this ? Thanks for your patience !