Canopy of Vector Fields

by Tuğrul Yazar | April 26, 2015 23:07

Utilizing “Force Field” components of Grasshopper to show my students how it is easy to develop flexible surfaces in design. The classical parametric canopy design is introduced in this video:

According to Wikipedia;

In vector calculus, a vector field is an assignment of a vector to each point in a subset of space.^[1][1] A vector field in the plane, for instance, can be visualized as a collection of arrows with a given magnitude and direction each attached to a point in the plane. Vector fields are often used to model, for example, the speed and direction of a moving fluid throughout space, or the strength and direction of some force, such as the magnetic orgravitational force, as it changes from point to point.

This file [GHX: 0.9.0076][2] is the Grasshopper definition.

Source URL: https://www.designcoding.net/canopy-of-vector-fields/

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