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Islamic Parametric Patterns Mannnnnn this 12 Noon Thursday deadline always catches me off guard! I want to take this project further before class on Friday, so stay tuned.  For now, I'll present what I managed to complete so far using the Parametric design from my previous blog: (Scroll to the bottom to see Part 2 - attempting the drawing again) As you can see, I printed all 3 iterations on one long piece of mylar with a gold pen (the type that writes when pushed down). I wanted to make something that couldn't be done with a traditional printer and  I thought the gold and mylar would be a fun experiment - I think it makes the final piece feel valuable and ephemeral.  The mylar was a bit thin and did warp a bit, there's also a roller impression mark on the one side... but it worked!  The clip above shows each design in a bit more detail. I think the idea of iteration works really well here. Adding depth as one 'levels up' in life. I gue...

Array makes sense, but I'm still confused about random!!! Even after going through it with Bryan and Michael over office hours! Gah. The Process: creating the array trying to randomize changing the axis zoom into what I've made so far playing with random... its not randoming HALP.  --------------------- Attempt 2: -------------------- Going through the tutorial to understand Random: Trying to understand what each part of the random component does. I don't understand: I got a Random Array! It's not pretty but it is working! Playing with the design: Why does this slider only control the number that adds to the outer-most ring??? This I do not understand. Getting a nicer pattern, still need to add randomization: random achieved.  Pretty again, but not random!!! OH now i see. I randomized the rectangular array, and then when you pola...

^ Tutorial 1 You can define points of a line with numbers in Grasshopper, or by creating and clicking points in Rhino. The later allows you to drag and make adjustments in Rhino visually, which then update within Grasshopper in real time.  Order in which points are selected will affect the lines created ^ Tutorial 2 Divide line segments and define the curve by selecting one drawn in rhino. Adjust the number of line segments with a slider.  You can label important items in Grasshopper ^ Tutorial 3 Pull points: project points from one curve to another, this is a command in Rhino too! These can then create line segments or 3point arc segments to bridge points together ^ Tutorial 4 Control+Shift to move wires as a group to another component Hold command to remove a wire by re-drawing it Number lines can be non-integers, just add .5 to the number line Bake to create the geometry in Rhino, where it can be rendered Hold contro...