Hello internet, I am currently working on a program for variating and generating a design for a hanging lamp shade. This lampshade will be made up out of many smaller arcs, which are layered and then 3D-printed in transparant filament. I have added pictures of my current design for reference. I am…

Hello This series of components creates one series of arcs. I used it three times in a row - could be saved into a cluster for better organization. [image] cross-section polygon v1.gh (9.1 KB) For fun, a more complex solution that includes a parametric amount of layers. [image] cross-section…

I wrote this thing, then clustered some of it… then got lost trying to put the clustered code in an Anemone loop so the number of iterations could be parameterized. Over and over, that used up all the memory I had and crashed hard! I guess I’m getting rusty. :cry: So here it is without the loop.…

OK, I missed an obvious error; didn’t notice that the cluster was generating duplicate curves. So Anemone works fine and there really was no need for the cluster. :man_facepalming: [cross-section polygon_2023Feb1bb] cross-section polygon_2023Feb1bb.gh (28.2 KB) This code produces concentric “r…

Definitely rusty. This is the same code, same algorithm but no Anemone loop. [cross-section polygon_2023Feb1c] cross-section polygon_2023Feb1c.gh (29.4 KB)

It’s great to fall asleep with a question and wake to two random people who have answered it perfectly! Thanks for both of your time Joseph and magicteddy. I will try out both strategies, and am very happy with your quick an thorough help! Bless the internet and all the best

hello interesting subject which gives nice objects. I wanted to play a bit with that. I made some tool to make some non planar shapes. I don’t think you mention it but there are some ways to calculates the arcs, or you want an height or an angle or a radius. When curves are inverted it gives also…

Here’s how I’d go about this: [Screenshot_4] It makes this: [Screenshot_3] which isn’t exactly what you want, but the GH file makes it easy to do adjustments. The cluster will make lots of 2D star-type shapes; I made it from something I saw here years ago and have used it to make lots of bowl s…

Hello I added a component in my plugin. You could specify the parameter of the arc by an angle or an height or a radius. You can add a thickness in order to take into account the print thickness. [image] If you don’t use As arc will stay on the plane of the curve.

Parametric lampshade: how to generate arches from a polygon?

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Joseph_Oster February 2, 2023, 12:34pm 7

I was curious about the next step, getting the shape in your photo, so added the purple group (top left) and yellow group (bottom right).

cross-section polygon_2023Feb2a.gh (33.0 KB)

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Parametric lampshade: how to generate arches from a polygon?

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