Rob, I have posted an example of converting a doubly curved surface into a set of flat panels with triangles filling the gaps. I am not sure if this relates to what you are trying to do, but just in case, here are the links.
http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/flat-panels.png http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/flat-panels.3dm http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/flat-panels.wrm Patrick On Oct 9, 6:18 am, robhenderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > > I have panelized a fairly simple, yet doubly curved surface with > planes based on a variable 2d interval. Nothing extreme, but I end up > with at tolerance (read gap) at the bottom left corner in my case. I > would like to be able to measure that gap, but have been unable. > > The gap is always between pt2 (series 'cull 2') and pt4 (series 'cull > 4') of diagonally adjacent panels (obvious in the file). I've tried > re-culling the cull 2 and cull 4 series again; tried sorting from the > original applied 2d interval; and tried 'nearest surface pt' to create > another series of pts to measure to. . > > The re-culling gave the closest results but did not always connect the > two closest points, which is simply what I need it to do. Unless I'm > missing a 'nearest point' button or something else obvious, what's the > best way to solve this. I hope y'all see the other possibilities of > precision and testing this would open up. > > I posted the file "planar panels tolerance measurement needed.wrm" > with the group > files:http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/files?hl=en&&sort=date > > rob > > p.s. David, I've gotten the 'rhino resource was...' crash several more > times. I don't know much, but I'd go with the buffers... good luck.
