The completed model of the waffle structure in Rhino, including the waffle ribs that were generated from the Grasshopper script. Figure 4 shows just the top surface which has been copied to a separate file.įigure 18. We will start by first modeling the waffle structure entirely in Rhino, showing how it is less forgiving of design changes as it requires a complete manual re-creation of the ribs of the structure every time a change is made.įigure 3 shows the massing model of a canopy design, the top of which we want to construct as a waffle structure. It assumes some familiarity with Rhino and a basic knowledge of the Grasshopper interface. This tutorial walks you through the steps for modeling a waffle structure in Rhino using a Grasshopper script. While the structure can be entirely modeled in Rhino, the use of Grasshopper-a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated in Rhino-makes it much more powerful and allows design changes such as the spacing of the ribs and their thickness to be made much more quickly and easily.
To create a computer model of a waffle structure, any NURBS-capable application will work, but the application that is most commonly used is Rhino. This is a photo of a 1:3 physical prototype of the structure. Use of a waffle structure in automotive design.
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