Hi Alpha,

if the gaps are not flat (planar), they cannot be capped. But it's not
possible to get non-planar gaps when you extrude a planar curve in a
single direction.

--
David Rutten
[email protected]
Robert McNeel & Associates


On Mar 15, 4:18 pm, Alpha222 <[email protected]> wrote:
> thank you two ,damien and david,,,
>
> damien,thank you. and i have made these beams(breps) from their every
> single surfaces,and it looks good .
>
> in my case, the planar holes i wanna cap are NOT  perpendicular to the
> extruding directions .that's why bugs occasionally happen??
>  it's just sumise,,
>
> alpha,
>
> On Mar 15, 10:13 pm, damien_alomar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Ah, the "kinky surface" issue.  I was wondering where that was popping
> > up.
>
> > Thanks for the info on SDK.  I find that slightly odd though.
> > Personally, I supply the 4 points in the order that I want them to be,
> > and would prefer it stay that way.  When exactly was this change made
> > to grasshopper?  Did it always have its own way of doing things, or
> > did it at one time use the SDK function.  I ask because I've had this
> > problem in the past (I'm sure you've seen the variable panels video)
> > and have shy'd away from using it just for that reason.
>
> > Best,
> > Damien
>
> > On Mar 15, 9:55 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Damien,
>
> > > the Rhino SDK function that creates a surface from 4 corners indeed
> > > has 'smarts' build into it that will reorder the points if it feels
> > > that makes for a better surface.
>
> > > The Grasshopper component for that reason does not use the SDK
> > > function. Grasshopper instead creates two lines AB and DC and then
> > > creates a ruled surfaces between those two lines.
>
> > > I think the problem might be that the extrude component insists on
> > > outputting a single surface for the polyline extrusion, rather than a
> > > polysurfaces with individual faces for each polyline segment. This has
> > > been changed in Grasshoper 0.6, many components that used to output
> > > single surfaces now output breps if the surface contained kinks.
>
> > > --
> > > David Rutten
> > > [email protected]
> > > Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> > > On Mar 15, 4:22 am, damien_alomar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I'm just guessing here, but the Surface 4 Point component is rather
> > > > "unstable" in the sense that corners will get crossed up some times.
> > > > I believe this problem is in the Rhino SDK itself as I've run into
> > > > this with Rhinoscript as well.  anyway, if that's the case, then the
> > > > extrusion won't cap bc it would make a non-manifold object.
>
> > > > It seams like what you're doing could be done a different way though,
> > > > so do you have to do it exactly that way? Could you generate a plane
> > > > and make the box from that? maybe do a morphed box if you need to...
>
> > > > Best,
> > > > Damien
>
> > > > On Mar 14, 5:22 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi Alpha,
>
> > > > > if a component is red, it means there's at least one error. If it's
> > > > > orange, there is at least one warning and no errors.
> > > > > You can see errors and warnings when you open up the context menu of
> > > > > the component itself.
>
> > > > > Sometimes it's not the component but the input parameter that contain
> > > > > the error, in that case you also have to look inside the parameter
> > > > > context menus.
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > David Rutten
> > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> > > > > On Mar 14, 7:44 pm, Alpha222 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > error??maybe it not an error,i donot know,,
> > > > > > i mean the cap component works well in fact,
> > > > > > but only this time it seems...kinda 
> > > > > > disappointing,see:https://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/ddd.png?hl=en&gsc=P6We7AsA...
>
> > > > > > i'd like to post 2 more pictures to  convey you my 
> > > > > > problem.https://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/QQ%E6%88%AA%E5%9B%BE%E6%9C...
> > > > > > this is what i expect and below is what the Cap 
> > > > > > generate.https://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/QQ%E6%88%AA%E5%9B%BE%E6%9C...
>
> > > > > > any ideas?
>
> > > > > > alpha,
>
> > > > > > On Mar 15, 1:21 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hi Alpha,
>
> > > > > > > what's the error you get on the Cap component?
>
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > David Rutten
> > > > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> > > > > > > On Mar 14, 6:14 pm, Alpha222 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > hello,
>
> > > > > > > > i came across a problen about the Cap component. At first , i 
> > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > four points ,and they define a surface(using the 4point surface
> > > > > > > > component),then i get the bounding lines using the wireframe
> > > > > > > > component .after that ,i join them together to make a 
> > > > > > > > polyline.so i
> > > > > > > > can extrude the polyline to make a surface.
>
> > > > > > > > then the problem comes: when i try to cap the surface ,it 
> > > > > > > > doesnot
> > > > > > > > work!! i am confused  and donot know what to do .
>
> > > > > > > > i have posted a screemshot 
> > > > > > > > athttps://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/files?hl=en
>
> > > > > > > > any help?

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