A playground for University of Bologna Students and a 6-days seminar about digital tools.

Digital generative tools are a very important part of architectural education. Andrew Kudless during his conference at SimAE was telling about chinese traditional woodcraftsmen: they spend their first two years of apprentice in making their own tools. Today, we have a large pool of digital ready made tools, built to respond to more or less specific problems or tasks, while keeping a level of flexibility and personalization. The majority of these tools have hidden capabilities, which can only be accessed bypassing the conventional interface and getting close to the machine logic of programming or building parametric components which generate shapes. Thus, seriality, differentiation, complexity can be implemented in architectural projects through code, in order to exploit the power of algorithmic based complex systems which are the basis of biological systems.

But, before going through such complexity, we must start with simple tasks and simple rules. Before playing seriously we need practice. This is the playground where a bunch of students will start to practice, a pool where they will share their results and questions. Maybe the stuff here that will be posted will seem obvious or naive to the navigated code-monkey, but, as I mentioned before, we all start from the basics and this is intended as a place to start. However, any comment and contribution is appreciated.

Playground is open, let's play! _ Alessio

6.2.09

Mushrooms


Just an implementation of what we' ve experienced  in classroom. A similarity  with the biological world that change according to the curvature. 
New version of script.

Option Explicit
'Giacomo Damiani
'Script version lunedì 9 febbraio 2009 11.58.55

Call Main()

Sub Main()

Dim i, arrCirc, dblRadius, arrPts
'puÚ anche essere dinamico; ma se assegno un valore standard di grandezza del cerchio anche
'quando ho curvatura nulla, va bene cosÏ
Dim strCurve: strCurve = Rhino.GetObject("select curve", 4)
    
Dim StrCurveCrv
If isNull (strCurve) Then Exit Sub
Dim IntNPts: intNPts = Rhino.GetInteger("how many samples?", 100, 50, 500) 'chiedo il dimensionamento
If isNull (intNpts) Then Exit Sub
Dim arrDom: arrDom = Rhino.CurveDomain(strCurve)
Dim dblparam, arrCrvData, dblStep, arrPlane
ReDim arrCirc(intNpts)
dblStep = (arrDom(1)-arrDom(0))/intNPts

For i=0 To intNPts
dblParam = arrDom(0) + i*dblStep
arrCrvData = Rhino.CurveCurvature (strCurve, dblParam)
'puo anche essere che il raggio di curvatura sia 0, puÚ tornare indietro 1null
arrPlane = Rhino.CurvePerpFrame(strCurve, dblParam)
'sta fuori dal ciclo perchË faccio il cerchio anche se arrCrvData Ë nullo
If Not isNull (arrCrvData) Then 
dblRadius= 10/arrCrvData(3)
Else
dblRadius = 0.1
End If
arrCirc(i) = Rhino.AddCircle(arrPlane, dblRadius)
'strCurveCrv = Rhino.AddInterpCurve(arrCirc)
Next
Call Rhino.AddLoftSrf(arrCirc)
Call Rhino.EnableRedraw(True)

End Sub
played by Jack at 6.2.09

3 comments:

  1. VinkFebruary 6, 2009 at 2:12 AM

    Could you post an image which shows how you draw the spline to reach that curvature? Is that simply reducing curvature on the top or has a particular design?

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  2. UnknownFebruary 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    Giacomo, are you sure you posted the right script? It seems in your picture that you are extruding circles of varying radius along the curve, while the one you posted does not contain any circle.

    Also watch out for your AddInterpCurve, you are adding as many overlapping curves as the number of sample points! Check its position in the script.

    Last thing: you are talking about a similarity with the biological world. Could you specify which property or condition do you refer to?

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  3. JackFebruary 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    I refer to a gererical condition, the similirality it's only connected with the form of mushrooms in the end of their growth. I would like in the next experiments search also a new type of references more adherents to the biologicals systems of development and form-finding. Thanks also to your suggestions and advices.
    Jack

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