Break through!!!
Bit of bad news first. Yesterday morning while I was coughing, my lower back gave way in the same place as where it did last summer - when I had to be taken to hospital via an ambulance from the AA. This time its okay in comparison, but I've been hobbling around, just being able to walk on it. Bad news considering I'm only 25.
The good news is whilst laid out on the floor stretching the muscles, I had a thought. This has lead to a big break through in constructing my shell structures. The improvements are;
Being able to control the thickness of the members at different parts of the same shell (before the thickness was uniform). Now, in the same shell I can really play with permeability where one end of the shell might be fine and open, allowing light through the shell, and the other end thicker forming a solid shell. It is also very easy to control local variations post deformation. So if I want to increase the thickness in a very localised area, I can.
The script has just shrunk.
The construction of each member is far more simple.
I have added a function to make it STL ready. Meaning if I want to STL this one (which I do) I don't need to spend hrs in front of Rhino or Maya getting it ready - it is ready.
The ends of the members are far cleaner now (still need to develop this though).
Now I really need to draw all this up...
