Algorithmic Sketchbook Daniel Polbrat 636094 Design Studio Air Tutors - Has & Brad 2014
Week 1: Lofting Curves
Lofted Surface, created from 3 curves.
Playing with the control points of each curve, to produce different impressions of the same lofted curve.
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Week 1: Lofting Curves & Baking
Anothert skill learnt this week is Baking. Here I experimented with the different options available when baking. Baking is a good source for saving progress.
Some of the Loft options I utilized included, Straight, loose and developmental.
Week 2: Data Set Task - PPG. of NBA Players
Each Circle defines a score between: -25-30 -20-24 -15-19 The control points define how many players are within that particular scoring category,
Combining the Data Set, with Curve options and another component discovered, Shift List.
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Week 2: Curve Menu
Combining basic curves with the Arc Tool and the Geodesic Curve Tool. This allows for Parameters to be further modified taking the basic curves into a much more complex shape. The Surface is then Lofted
Week 3: Grid Shell Task
After creating three continous curves, the division command created a number of control points, which can be adjusted by a slider which would ultimately determine how many arcs would occur.
The most interesting tool I found through this task was the Shift tool. The way it manipulates the control points to create a “shift� is an integral feature for future algorithms.
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Week 3: Grid Shell Task
After producing a shell form that I was happy with, I reused the Bake tool to produce a solid form. I intentionally left the grid lines to see how the form is informed by the grid lines.
This is a manipulated gridshell, here I was playing with different sliders that controlled the amount of arcs created within the shell aswell as the directional shift of the control points.
Week 4: Site Experimentation
Using the Fractel Tetrahedra techniques learnt from the videos, I generated a tetrahedra from a single polygon. I then used a number of tools on rhino such as mirror and orient to populate the LAGI site.
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