Functional 3D Printing | Rain Barrel PVC Adapter [VIDEO]
Another episode in Functional SLS 3D Printing: Making an adapter for a PVC downspout into a...
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Category: Structures
Awesome Find: Ancient Craftsman Heavy Duty Sawhorse Brackets
A hunt at Goodwill turned up some never-used 1950’s era Craftsman Sawhorse Brackets.
Read MorePyramid Propagation (Early Stages)
More progress on the Pyramid Propagation utility. So far the C# base code is setup, but lots more error checking and proximity coding to be done. The current code works to ensure the volume is filled with conjoined pyramids,...
Read MoreGenotower project showed up on Death By Architecture
Something I missed early last year, was the review of the book eVolo: Skyscraper for the XXI Century by Chris Warren, from Death by Architecture. His overall critique of the book was positive, claiming it, with respect to the...
Read MoreGenotower showcased on new Evolo website
This was a pleasant surprise. Back in 2006, I submitted my Genotower to the first evolo competition, where it didn’t place. However, it was published in their book and now has been showcased as “Special...
Read MoreSwarming Sub Functions for Finding Closest Agents in MEL
I’ve been getting a good deal of questions about different types of swarming systems in MEL, and I thought I would showcase my GetNClosestObjsFromArray function I developed recently. Like most of my RVB, MEL, and VB...
Read MoreBeekman Tower on Visit to New York
I’ve been slacking a bit on the blog because of a good deal of traveling. While in New York, my wife and I visited Frank’s Beekman Tower, a project on which I did nearly all of the facade rationalization and...
Read MoreScripting XYZ coordinates from a Nonstandard Axis System
Once again, I received a good technical question about one of my codes on the GTWiki. This time, the user found a bug when they ran the script on a series of objects. Here’s their question: I ran the code. After...
Read MoreUsing the Powercopy Instantiator for Panelization
A week ago, I took a question from the discussion page on my PowerCopy Instantiator Script: In regards to the Powercopy Instantiator Macro: I know this tool works, if at least used in a certain manner, because someone posted a...
Read MoreHanging Points Script for System Routing
Hanging MEP runs can be a pain if you don’t have a 3D wireframe. We received a bunch of solids earlier this week which need to be DP SysRouting runs. Unfortunately the topology VB scripting commands are good for shit, so...
Read MoreMEP Solids Clean-up Script from Revit to DP
Today I needed to figure out a way to manage several hundred megs of MEP solids imported from Revit into DP. These consisted of many parts housing thousands of end surfaces and HVAC/plumbing solids. Eventually we’ll...
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