An alternative approach: Is it possible to create the main spirals in GH, and them generated the required surface between each spiral ?
note: the wolfram example has 4 main spirals, hence it could have a minimum of 3, or a > then number of spirals. On Mar 15, 7:38 am, tomot <[email protected]> wrote: > It may indeed be possible to extract the code. Since it appears to be > a Parametric function, of the type used in > K3dSurf. I suspect it could be written in the following fashion, Which > in this example creates a Torus. > > X():(1+ 0.5*cos(u))*cos(v) > Y():0.5*sin(u) > Z():(1+ 0.5*cos(u))*sin(v) > [u]:0, 2*pi > [v]:0, 2*pi > > Then it could simply be displayed in mathsurface.qhx created by the > talented "visose" > > http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/browse_thread/thread/fde... > > If you go:http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RhombicSpirallohedra/ > > click on "show source code", followed by "show initialization code" > > On Mar 14, 8:11 pm, damien_alomar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Rhino math plugin really doesn't have an interface that you can > > work with (programing interface not UI), and since I'm rather > > unfamiliar with math lab code I'm not sure how similar they are. So I > > don't really think you'll get very far there. > > > Would you mind posting some of the math lab code that your looking to > > convert? I haven't seen any, so maybe its possible to parse it some > > how. > > > Best, > > Damien > > > On Mar 14, 4:34 pm, Robert Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > what about the rhino math plugin > > > maybe that would work > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:26 PM, damien_alomar <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > I'd ask on the rhino plugins newsgroup for a more "exact" answer, but > > > > I don't believe that there's any way to do this currently. I think > > > > there is a dotNET interface for Mathmatica, and so you might be able > > > > to tie into that from Rhinoscript, but as far as using math lab code > > > > in Rhinoscript, that probably won't help. > > > > > -Damien > > > > > On Mar 14, 3:28 pm, tomot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to link or convert the Wolfram math lab code into a > > > > > workable RhinoScript > > > > > that will allow me to create Rhombic Spirallohedra? or perhaps there > > > > > is another way? > > > > > >http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RhombicSpirallohedra/ > > > > > > I'm sorry if this subject does not appear to be GH related. > > > > > > cheers! > > > > -- > > > Robert Thompson > > > > Beethoven Str. 7 > > > 06844 Dessau-Rosslau > > > Germany > > > Mobile: 00-49-163-768-5226
