Thursday, 26 March 2009

Map Lines

Maps straight curves from the xy plane on a surface
The mapped lines change length, but remain straight

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Moebius Strip

Moebius strip around curve
Number of twists is changeable

MoebiusStrip.zip

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Harmonograph

A nice example from the
Science Museum



















Harmonogram generated with grasshopper
More about the harmonograph on Paul Bourke's page

Harmonograph.zip

Sunday, 1 March 2009

Sunday, 22 February 2009

Strips & Rivets





















A sculpture of the Boy Surface at Oberwolfach
Rivets generated from points on surface (grasshopper)
Strips generated from curves on surface (rhinoscript)

StripsAndRivets.zip

Monday, 9 February 2009

Surface Inversion

For a given sphere with center O and radius k,
inversion maps every point P of a surface on a point P'
More about inversion with rhino on Daniel Piker's blog

SurfaceInversion.zip

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Blend Surfaces

Blend surfaces generated from two input surfaces
The mix is adjustable via slider

BlendSurfaces.zip