Mangalore Tiles placing on warped surface

[Nicole_Rivera1 (Nicole Rivera)]

Hi!

I have really basic knowledge of rhino and grasshopper. I am trying to place Mangalore tiles on a warp surface while keeping the tile shape. I tried using the paneling tools from this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAMOYfp9tY). The tiles came out deformed

Ideally, it should look like the picture below, but I know since the roof is warped, they will not stack nicely.

My coworker said to use perp-frames, but I am unsure how to do that on Grasshopper. I started a file where I selected the ridge and base of the roof.
perp frames.gh (4.8 KB)

I would appreciate a detailed explanation since I am still learning a lot of things from both of these programs. Thank you in advance!

Please find base rhino 8 model here:
ROOF.3dm (1.2 MB)

[René_Corella]

Your grasshopper file didn’t have anything internalized, so when I opened it nothing happened.

@Nicole_Rivera1

My coworker said to use perp-frames

That’s all they said?!
Same thing can be said to just about any problem in this world.
LoL
They sent you to war without ammo!

@Nicole_Rivera1

I would appreciate a detailed explanation

I will fail you here, because, well, I’m not 100% proud of the result.
BUT, I gave it a try because it’s been a day and you have no replies (makes sense, this takes work…and probably more brains/caffeine than what I got).

Here’s that try:
perp frames.gh (35.5 KB)

I’m sure better ways to do it will come to mind later, but I’ll most likely disobey.

I guess somewhat of a {related} explanation is what I shared here:

Need help in orienting breps on a doubly curved polysurface

Huh? mmh…not sure I grasped the whole thing, BUT looking at your first image and your file it seems you want to transfer the bricks to your new polysurface. At first I was going to do some mesh mapping, instead of orienting, but then noticed your surfaces are all untrimmed already, so I thought it’d be a good case for a sporph experiment, just for fun [image] I like going for speed, so instead of orienting (I avoided it because of issues that come up like plane direction and …

@Nicole_Rivera1

since the roof is warped, they will not stack nicely.

Right, that and other shenanigans.
Still tried.

Good luck

[Nicole_Rivera1 (Nicole Rivera)]

My apologies for the corrupted Grasshopper file. I might not have saved it correctly. This program is a little overwhelming since I am still learning it.

Thank you very much for the detailed grasshopper file! I took a brief look, and it looks very complex. I am reading this book to help me comprehend some of the components you have used: Grasshopper book.

Thank you for this other tutorial! I was reading it, and it will be helpful for a project I am currently working on. It also reminded me of this tutorial I watched a while back when learning Grasshopper: InstaArch.

@René_Corella

I’m not 100% proud of the result.

I don’t know much about Grasshopper, but this already helped me visualize the placement of the tiles. Thank you again!