Waffle structure script cannot create intersection ribs for laser cut

[Joseph_Oster]

@Brad_Shipton

I doubt many understand what is meant by waffle structure.

There are many examples on this forum, searching for “waffle”. Here are a few images:

Waffle Slats not Intersecting

The extremely long delay (2+ minutes) to render the model bothered me so I dug back into it with the intention of cutting the slots BEFORE extruding the contour surfaces, thus avoiding the painfully long SDiff (two of them, ~1 minute each!). I didn’t get that far yet, though still like the idea. In the process, I managed to break the model several times and can see how easily things can go wrong. I’ve put Humpty Dumpty back together again, still using SDiff but substantially faster than befor…

How can I solve Brep plane data conversion error?

I spent way more time on this than intended… I decided to use OpenNest for the layout and in that process, got tired of dealing with anomalies in the data structures… So went back to the very beginning and made changes at every step until I got what I wanted. [waffle structure_2024Mar27e2] [waffle structure_2024Mar27e] waffle structure_2024Mar27e.gh (28.3 KB) Even so, more changes are possible, such as creating the slots in 2D before extruding the parts. But I stuck with your process as m…

Gradient UV division on waffle script / Bowerbird

Gradient planes is trivial. Extensive work was required, however, to handle the donut shape that generates multiple section curves per plane. I started from this, done two days ago: [waffle structure_2024Mar31b] [waffle structure_2024Mar31b2] P.S. No plugins. P.P.S. I don’t know why there is no GH file for this donut? Here it is: (Oct 3, 2024) waffle structure_2024Mar31b.gh (128.2 KB)