Well … I can’t see many good Samaritans around (insofar).
Thus get this:
302_UAE_XFoldingTruss_V1.gh (123.3 KB)
- This is from an existing project (a WIP one) minus a zillion details (and lot’s of code lines with regard nested instance definitions and other things). Nodes are idealized (but that’s not an issue at all). Tubes are also idealized (in real-life the ends are conic in order to avoid clash issues).
- The scope of the thing is to air-transport (Sikorsky CH-54) it as a pre-assembled entity into some very unfriendly place (some desert) and then do the rest as fast as possible. Thus the truss is not a pack-end-go thingy.
- It uses rigid members (the while ones outlined as Polyline(s)) in order to withstand the serious tensile membrane forces required … otherwise > Armageddon on sight.
- Obviously … er … you must give something for that rigid goal: thus a kind of foldable inside each other tubes are used meaning that the X members are variable in total length … but they are made only from 2 pairs of tubes (1 for the sides, 1 for the bottom).
Obviously this is NOT a great help for you since is 100% code. In fact it’s not help at all … but it can guide you into some realistic thinking (I do hope).