Geodesic Dome from Script
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Interesting! Very!
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Excellent!
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Wow this is nice! Can't wait to try this out!
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm working on framing out the triangles at the moment, but the compound corners are proving 'fun' algorithmically. I'm getting close, perhaps by the end of the week I'll post another pic. I'll also want to clean up the code before sharing as I'm sure I'm violating any number of good module practices while I get the implementation initially working =).
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Made some framing the dome today. I've been trying to work out how to automatically frame the dome and I finally got it. The harder part was finding the intersection points of each frame strut with the other side of the triangle. As each strut is tilted in 2 dimensions I had a few false starts to get them right.
Secondly is the orientation of each of the frame struts within a triangle. There can be 3 orientations obviously, but I had to write a small algorithm to find the 'most vertical' so that it was more like a traditional square-home's struts and if you lived there you had a chance of finding them once drywall was up. It is also more aesthetically pleasing (to me at least).
Now to go back and fix the hub side plates which took some damage in the rewrite (you can see they're missing in the image).
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Very impressive! Can't wait to try out this plugin.
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Hi, s_k_e_t_c_h_y:
It would be nice to see this in Sketchup. Also, check out this link:http://www.cadreanalytic.com/cadregeo.htm
Edit: changed the google search string to the website link.
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Thanks for the link mitcorb, i hadn't seen that software before. I'm hoping to have the first version of the Plug-in released this weekend if I can get it connected to the HTML interface properly.
The Cadre system looks nice, but it isn't free ;P.
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I'm getting close to having it so I can share it. I'm working on the UI currently. It has an accordion expanding menu. Here is a sneak peak.
I'm still targeting making the first version available today, but I may not have all of the option exposed yet.
Paul.
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See also TaffGosh
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Ok,
I've fiddled with it enough to call it a first version....Get it at https://sites.google.com/site/sugeodesic/home
Let me know what you think. Or likely what is wrong with it
Paul.
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Starting a project tomorrow evening with this plugin as the foundation. I'll be sure to post the final product here and reference you elsewhere. Thanks again!
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