Morphing and deformation grasshopper

Grasshopper Tutorial

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The turorial shows a process to generate a twisted geometry like Absolute Tower[MAD].

by Wang Yang

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Step 1:

Create two Nurbs Curves in 3D Space

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Step 2:

Get a new Surface by Lofting two curves

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Step 3:

Create a Solid Component

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Step 4:

1. Create a Divide Domain to divide the Surface in U Direction and V Direction.

2. Create two Sliders to control the Division Number of segments.

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Step 5:

1. Create a Surface Box to get Twisted Boxes on a Surface Patch according to Surface Domain.

2. Driving a Slider to control the Height of Surface Box.

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Step 6:

1. Create a Box Morph.

2. Get the Solid Module as Reference Geometry.

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Step 7:

Make the Surface Boxes as Target Box.

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