Parametric Experiments

December 5th, 2013 – Converting a Surface to Ribbon Pattern

 

June 2013 – Re-Engaging Para-Metrics with Peter Atwood

http://paagb.com/reengagingparametrics/

The online forum “Re-Engaging Para-Metrics” set up by Peter Atwood is reexamining the uses of parametric design software in ways to familiarize and de-familiarize the way which we use the computer.  This was my submission for the first project: 01.01.

The initial Rhino + Grasshopper design essentially dealt with distances from a starting Wall and the interaction between points on the wall and points moved away from the wall.  The points moved away from the wall formed the Ballet Barre and the points on the wall became where the supports hit.  The lines connecting the two sets of points were  used to form arched supports.The annotated image shows how the Grasshopper inputs are affecting the proportions of the Barre in Elevation.  This familiarization allows for a reinterpretation in AutoCAD.

The AutoCAD iterations use the same geometric relationships as the Grasshopper model.  AutoCAD however has different tools to construct and parametrize geometry.  Where Grasshopper assumes the information needed to create parametric curves, AutoCAD requires that the information needed to create the curve be parametrized first.  Once the “construction lines” for the model are set, then one can attach curves to that geometry.

May 2013 – Creating a Spiral Around a Line

Rhino + Grasshopper

 

Fall 2012 – Complexity Experiments for my Master’s Thesis