Parametric hole making
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I want to make a perforated sheet of metal or anything in sketchup which follows some parametric rules. e.g.
I have 5 circular holes in a rectangular sheet
then I make 4 circular holes placed at a specific position calculated with references to the spacing of the 5 ciruclar holes that I made.
The new 4 circular holes have some mathematical relation of their radii with the 5 circles that I made earlier.
And so on...I continue to make more circular holes in the sheet. The radii of all those circles are interdependent on all the circles that I made.
So, if I change radii of one circle, the other circular holes would change in their size accordingly.
Any trick to do this quickly in sketchup?
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Here is a link to a tutorial how to make parametric holes via ruby in SketchUp.
http://sketchupfordesign.com/the-book/chapter-6-creating-geometry-using-ruby-scripting/ -
@pixero said:
Here is a link to a tutorial how to make parametric holes via ruby in SketchUp.
http://sketchupfordesign.com/the-book/chapter-6-creating-geometry-using-ruby-scripting/Actually I am an architect. So, very bad with scripting an all. Is it possible to make a plugin or something out of this script? Please understand, I have a really hectic schedule and learning new code or language would be really stressful.
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Sounds like a task for a dynamic component, but I wouldn't call it a quick solution...
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@john2 said:
Actually I am an architect. So, very bad with scripting an all. Is it possible to make a plugin or something out of this script? Please understand, I have a really hectic schedule and learning new code or language would be really stressful.
do you have a clearer example of what the outcome should be? (other than.. i have 5 holes which determine 4 holes.. etc.)
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@jeff hammond said:
@john2 said:
Actually I am an architect. So, very bad with scripting an all. Is it possible to make a plugin or something out of this script? Please understand, I have a really hectic schedule and learning new code or language would be really stressful.
do you have a clearer example of what the outcome should be? (other than.. i have 5 holes which determine 4 holes.. etc.)
Well, I'm in the process of brainstorming design ideas, much like what Zaha hadid does using parametric software like Rhino, etc.
One thing is a perforated wall with lots and lots of holes which gives a dynamic and scattery scattery look, [pardon my words], that is given on the page suggested by Pixero sir.
Thanks a lot for the food for thought!! Hey!! rhyming
.Another one which has got me even more excited is how the walls change their angles if one of the walls is made to change its angle of inclination. It is also given on the same page, which Pixero Sir posted.
What my ambition to make in sketchup is actually in this video, a great TED talk by Greg lynn explaining organic algorithms in the field of architecture.
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@john2 said:
Well, I'm in the process of brainstorming design ideas, much like what Zaha hadid does using parametric software like Rhino, etc.
tbh, 'like rhino' in sketchup only goes so far.. if you want to do what Zaha does, use rhino
@unknownuser said:
One thing is a perforated wall with lots and lots of holes which gives a dynamic and scattery scattery look, [pardon my words], that is given on the page suggested by Pixero sir.
see example..
but yeah, i think it might be better to approach this type of stuff in sketchup from a sketchup point of view instead of a math point of view.. for the user, sketchup isn't very math driven at all so maybe don't try to force math on it..
(unless you want to learn ruby to do it.. but for me personally, i'd rather spend time learning rhino&grasshopper than learning ruby )@unknownuser said:
What my ambition to make in sketchup is actually in this video, a great TED talk by Greg lynn explaining organic algorithms in the field of architecture.
yeah, i think you can get the gist of what he's getting at in sketchup.. just not via calculus..
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here's a similar experiment i did around four years ago..
it uses spheres with chrisfullmer's 'component onto faces' then joint push pull..
sketchup was pretty much dead with this geometry.. use squares instead of circles if you're going to be trying this stuff
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Tricky steps of cones!
But some efforts for the same result than shown on my previous video!
(and you can't modify the result of the holes by editing a component!...Try the SuForyou plugins above!
Very powerful and versatile!
Some fractal forms
and others concepts
Very pleasant plugins!
Zaha recommends SuForyou!
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