Would anyone know the best method to create a raised shingle texture (one complete surface) without having the valleys in between the tiles (see below)? I tried altering the pineapple grashopper model used in the phyllo plugin, but ran into the issue of which components to alter to achieve the pattern.
The most realistic solution is: attempting to achieve planar quads (as polylines or mesh faces) via Kangaroo2. In general and depending on the OEM shape this relaxation (so to speak) may (or may not) alter the topology sligthly. Use diagonals for controlling the quad shape (K2 as offered has some examples on that matter).
That said a planar quad is one where the min diagonal distance is < tolerance.
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Thanks Peter.
I’m a little confused, would this action be an additional step with what I already have, or a would this be a new grasshopper script? I started on using the lunchbox tools as alternative to create the diamond pattern bur to ran into two issues, one have the tiles near the top be smaller not skewed ( like the original dome) 2. have the tiles be extruded out as 3d tiles.
K2 attempts to do the job with the mesh provided. If the mesh is badly shaped (or not “ideal”) don’t expect miracles. To me the white one is rather better to use.
In most of cases K2 takes over after finishing the mesh: so is rather better to include planarization in the same script (and what comes after that: the solid quads, that is).
Anyway remember to allow some space for K2: meaning that the mesh that acts as the template (so to speak) should be a little bigger than the mesh to be relaxed.
Take a break and get familiar with K2 (and the examples provided): what it does and why the most important thing is to provide the easiest walk home: if the mesh is bananas, bananas is what you’ll get. Plus try to use logical constrains (as Goals): if the Goals confict … also bananas (or great delays) are more than expected.
BTW: See attached. It’s code only (so you have nothing to learn unless you have plans to walk the walk) but indicates the planarity rabbit hole rather well.
BTW: The adjust option indeed requires a line or two more.
Mesh_FromRevSurface_V1.gh (123.9 KB)
NOTE: Orient your profiles EXACTLY as the demo ones.