Hi all, first post here! I am doing a modular tensile structure for mall public spaces for my University project, using common origami triangular panels by a tutorial:
I will need to organise the panels for lofting the surfaces needed for the kangaroo components. However, I have no idea where to start organising the triangular panels into pairs(angled diamonds). Would really love some pointers/tutorials to search on!
the current code: origami.gh (16.6 KB) (I think its data is internalised?)
Hi, just an update of the structure and bit more clarification on the question before, I tried rotating and mating the components manually, which the result is a bit unsatisfactory. is there a smarter way of doing this?
For a bit more clarification, the modules here are supposed to fit both as shading and furniture, where I would like the modules to be able to fit in different forms, 1) the regular form from the solution you provided, 2) irregular origami forms which I tried to achieve in this picture:
Are there some tips in generating these seemingly random generated forms through the module I created? I was thinking of generating a triangular grid and using random generating components at the moment… I’ll update the results here later.
I fear your module won’t really “pack” well. It has all fixed angles in its structure so it will likely connect only up to a certain amount.
Even perfect tetrahedrons don’t pack well.
But this is a prejudice of mine, I am speaking out of instinct.
Anyway, see here:
Extract a “module” (4 points, 2 faces).
Replicate your module n times.
For each module use its 4 points to make a “Rigid body set” goal component and then also connect all the points (flattened) to a “MagnetSnap” goal component.
Use Grab goal component
and … have fun!
This is surely the cheapest and fastest solution to see where you are going…