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A Walk in the Park

For this problem, I started by creating the base cuboids on the grid. Then, created the ripple point. From there, I found the distance and maximum distance needed for the sin formula, and then used it to find the varying heights. I then raised each cuboid, so they’d have the same base elevation, as they all need to start from the ground. I chose a ripple point so that it would have a symmetric look which I thought would be nice in a park setting. Finally, I played with adding color just to explore more of the functionalities. Ensuring that the math worked out, with the correct base heights and order of equations was important to get to the right solution.

Key Takeaways: Having a coding background made it easier to understand how the software was thinking and how to debug different errors.

I liked how the code blocks provided arrows for each line of code that could be connected to other functions.

Although it looks a bit confusing with all the different lines and blocks, it’s quite user-friendly which is nice as someone with little BIM experience.

Eliminate the Echo

For this problem, I first created the grid at a height of 12’ and then created a base cylinder. From there, the biggest challenge for me was properly getting the maximum distance, which I did by first flattening all my distances between the main ripple point and each cylinder center point. From there, I sorted the values from least to greatest using the bound function, and then used the deconstruct domain function to find the largest value from the bound. From there, I used the sine formulas to find the cylinder heights. I set the ripple point at the center because this would lead to better sound attenuation. One thing I tried was applying the new cylinder height directly into original cylinder function instead of scaling it. I found that this worked as well, but then I did it the way the instructions set out just to ensure I knew how to use the scaling function.

Key Takeaways: Using the Panel function to see what is being outputted from various functions is very helpful as it can give insight into where something might have gone wrong, allowing for easier troubleshooting.

Although some features such as finding maximum values are different in Dynamo and Grasshopper, many of the important features and ideas such as flattening are the same which makes it easier to go back and forth.

Happy Facade

For this problem, I found all the necessary parameters using the watch node, min tool, sliders and block code to create the equation. The challenges I ran into were having an amplitude that was too large, which led to an error in Revit, as well as processing time taking too long.

Key Takeaways:

Running manually instead of automatic can save time

The watch node can be used similarly to the Panel function in Grasshopper to understand whats going on in the code

Link to Work: https://acc.autodesk.com/docs/files/projects/8c5c6f0e-77ad-475c-b808-18ff440afe0a?folderUrn=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Afs.folder%3Aco.leiTQkj3TLi0CbeaFdkjJg&viewModel=detail&moduleId=folders