Following on from the previous post, and building upon both the prior grid generation scripts, as well as knowledge from a grasshopper tutorial provided in the second year of our undergraduate, I sought to marry the two approaches, leading to the generation of a ‘topography’ based upon data provided by a bitmap.
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As mentioned in the previous post, one of the next steps was to translate the method into one that would allow for the replication of a predefined unit. Fortunately, I was able to broadly copy the grid generation already done, however, I tweaked it as I was no longer generating extrusions married to a set of perpendicular planes.
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So, in an effort to help keep myself sane over the next one and a bit weeks, I think I’m going to start blogging again, prior to the Masters course actually commencing.
My focus has been rotating between playing in Rhino & Grasshopper - revisiting the approach I took to the undergrad archive project, specifically the grid generation method; learning German (A1) through the Goethe Institute (something I have admittedly been struggling with); reading Cloud Atlas; binge watching The West Wing; and staving off boredom during this quarantine period by re-learning how to play chess.
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Project 05 - Grasshopper Moment
A quick wee post with some grasshopper (parametric design package) business. We’re 2 (? doesn’t feel like it) weeks in to our first (5 weekish) project, and I already feel that I’m behind - but I know I’m not alone. Finally had an idea with regards to ‘mapping’ the first project and related materials, and as a result I’ve started to create a hierarchy based upon distance - from which nodes start to appear. The script still needs some work as I can’t quite understand why some points are supposedly within radius and others are not (despite seemingly being closer). Otherwise, the project is progressing a little bit too slowly, the dissertation is another matter entirely (which I could moan about, but I’ve done enough of that already).
Here is to hoping that the next year is challenging, yet surmountable by all.