STUDIO AIR2015, SEMESTER 1, TUTOR: CAITLYN PERRY

HARRIET CRAIGALGORITHMIC JOURNAL

Table of Contents

4 Task 01 - Lofting Curves

6 Task 02 - Triangulation Algorithims

12 Task 03 - Transforming Tools

20 Task 04 - Patterning Tools

28 Task 05 - Understanding Relationships

30 Task 06

32 Phyllotaxis - arrangement of leaves

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Task 01 - Lofting Curves

Lofting 2 curves

Lofting 3 curves

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Lofting 4 curves; I found this exercise the most interesting as I could create the most complex shapes

and surfaces. My final results were changed each time by moving control points manually. I liked the

freedom that came with doing this manually.

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Task 02 - Triangulation Algorithims

Metaball, voronoi and delaunay edges components

An unsuccessful of populating a geometry with points and then using the delaunay edges component.

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I altered the number of points in the delaunay edges component, thus changing

the number of triangulation shapes.

Experimenting with hexagonal grids and the delaunay edges component.

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Exploring populating a 3D object and then using the voroni component.

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I manually altered these 3D cubes by deleting various elements . Although the elements appear random, you are able to isolate each using notepads in the Grasshopper window, I found this very interesting.

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Explorations of the octtree component. I found this algorithm the least evocative.

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Task 03 - Transforming Tools

Exploration of dividing curves and creating arcs. This could be helpful for creating interesting

surfaces and then altering them.

Interporlating the curves.

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Example of offesting curves. Perhaps quicker than doing it manually in Rhino but I’m unsure. This function

should be explored better by myself in the future.

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Original surface in the red.

Exploring the box-morph tool.

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Exploring the box-morph tool.

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Using the box-morph tool to create a surface using a circular mesh. I’m unsure about the

result of this, it seems clumsy but the linework and patterns made are interesting.

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Difficulty using meshes and the box-morph tool.

Using the box-morph tool and the voronoi 2D component.

Using the box-morph tool and the voronoi 3D component.

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Task 04 - Patterning Tools

I was able to, using list tools and components, easily order and then join various arcs and curves to loft them.

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Grouping, using panels (to remind myself of things later).

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This is my loft of 3 curves, I was able to join various different points using patterning

and shifting list components.

A new way to create points - divide a surface into points.

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Exploring using metaball on these points.

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Attempts at culling patern list.

Jittering poitns did not work for me.

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Exploring the voronoi component (like the tutorial) however I decided to not go further

as I have explored voronoi a lot so far.

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An attempt at applying the octree component to my surface.

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Task 05 - Understanding Relationships

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Task 06

Creating spirals using pi .

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Changing various factors, like the number of points and the distance between the poitns in

the x axis changes the shape of the spirals.

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Exploring making patterns with the sin and cosin functions (creating algorithims)

Applying voronoi to these algorithms to try and create a defined space.

Phyllotaxis - arrangement of leaves

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Unable to loft the voronoi surfaces.

So began to create another curve (which I had moved up in the z axis) then I created points

between these curves in order to loft a surface.

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