My First Definition

1월 08, 2024

Grasshopper First Experience:

My first impression on Grasshopper was that it was definitely not easy. Like the commands in Rhino collect information prior to process the command, commands on Grasshopper also required many info, however it was abbreviated, and hard to guess what would those be.

After watching tutorials, I decided to make plants, since the tubes in the tutorial reminded me of flower buds.

< Inspirations >

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< Process >

I figured that I will need 3 curves to make a leaf, which are the outline of the leaf and the stem in the middle. I used 'Curve' feature and drew 3 curves in Rhino and assigned them to 'divide curve' in Grasshopper.

After that, I used 'Biarcs' and 'Reverse' to make multiple biarcs. And ran into the warning saying the biarcs are not fitting in the space. I assumed that the fact that 3 curves ends are meeting at one point might cause the problem, and I was right about it.

I put 3 curves apart from same spot, and it didn't shaw the error sign and didn't hurt the shape that I wanted to make so bad.

I used Loft command in Grasshopper to build the surface, and baked it.

Since I couldn't figure out how to color surface made with loft, I decided to do so in Rhino, using rendering feature.

I made different versions of leaves by baking different shapes. I had to edit curves to make different shapes.

After making leaves, I tried to make stem with 'Bezier Span,' however it did not make the shape that I wanted. So I ended up making curves in Rhino directly, using 'Curve' and 'Pipe'd them.