I need to create alot of beams. Modelling the pieces one by one will take forever.
Is it possible to create these beams (see attached picture) with a plug-in in grasshopper? They will just be straight, nothing fancy.
You don’t need a plug-in to create the beams. It can be done with native Grasshopper components.
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What function is needed to create beams? I am not very good at grasshopper 
You can polar array a point and create a vertical line on each point.
Divide the lines and use the relative item component to extract point pairs for the cross bracing.
Use multipipe for a tubular look or sweep sections.
Union everything if really necessary.
Okey, yeah still do not get it. I need to get through basic grasshopper tutorials with all functions explained. Thanks anyway!
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maybe this helps
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Thanks will look into that!
I have looked at the other thread but find it difficult to understand what they have done. So I experimented on my own and I have good knowledge of how to create triangluar trusses but there a few steps still that I can not figure out.
How do I add the diagonal trusses drawn in blue in the image below? (It does not have to be in exact same direction, I would be fine if they go in another direction)
And how do I make the trusses marked with yellow have square tube shape? The rest should be circular shape.
Trusses 2.gh (14.8 KB)
@Hobnob
Is this what you are looking for?
Should be relatively self explanatory.
Trusses 2 RG.gh (23.2 KB)
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Yes, perfect, thank you! 