Split Surface command to create a single surface with holes

Hi guys,

I’m trying to use the Split Surface command to create a single surface with all these holes, but it’s generating multiple surfaces instead. Even though I flattened it, I still couldn’t achieve the desired result.

My goal is to create a perforated surface. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help!


Joey-O-ImageSampler-R6.gh (19.9 KB)

there’s no image in your file:

And no SrfSplit component :question: But it looks like SDivide outputs a data tree (double dashed wires) that feeds the circle component so the circles are also a branched data tree? Maybe you want to flatten that list?

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Rhino 6?

The image is in the post above.

It took me 38 minutes to calculate the boundary surface.

Slightly less to split a surface but then you also need to delete the circular sufaces…

Joey-O-ImageSampler_mrtn.gh (4.6 MB)

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perforated facade 30.01.gh (2.5 MB)
I uploaded the wrong file, thanks for letting me know!

Thank you so much, I’ll review it right away. As you mentioned, the split time took a long time for me as well, and it even caused the file to crash. Thanks again!

I internalised the result and disabled the boundary surface component.

Ah yes, of course. 58233 circles will take awhile :bangbang:

:roll_eyes: :man_facepalming:

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But I need that many circles! I adjusted the facade’s transparency settings accordingly. And it needs to be an exact copy for production. Is there another method??

What kind of production? Laser / waterjet? If so, export just the curves.

As I recall, it’s much faster to bake the circles and surface and do the split in Rhino?

It will be produced with CNC, but I also need to see it in the model beforehand to take a render.

Yes, I actually tried it, but the file keeps crashing. I’m even dividing it into panels piece by piece, but it looks like it will take more than 38 minutes, hahaha!