Mass Modeling node Issue

[liam_reidy]

Hi there,

I'm editing this organic form to be 3d Printed and i'm trying to remove everything bar the 'mullions' and while they seem to fit completely on some areas there is a certain join that is not connecting/showing and i'm left with a gap and a weird square with these parabolic lines through it, ref. image. 

I'm at wits end with this and need to get it finished tomorrow, if anyone has any advice or would care to take a crack at the file i'd be bloody appreciative. I'll draw you something. 

Cheers

[ToanDN]

Are they curtain panels pattern based or repeated adaptive components?

[barthbradley]

3D printing? Cool. Love to see the end result. Please post an image of it when completed. Thanks!

[liam_reidy]

Hi,

They are repeated adaptive components.

[ToanDN]

Can you share the family?

[liam_reidy]

Attached is the mullion family. 

[ToanDN]

Just place the mullion manually at the missing location(s).

[liam_reidy]

I did try this, but unfortunately, i get an error message. 

[barthbradley]

@liam_reidy do you have any Warnings listed in this project? 

...also, could you post a screenshot with your nodes showing?

....also one with the “Error” expanded so we can see what it’s referring to?

thanks

P.S. if you could upload the whole family, that would help us to help you best. 

[liam_reidy]

Hi,

Yes I have a lot of identical instance warnings, i made this about two weeks ago and can't remember if it was a repeater/array error. 

When inserting the mullion I can attach to six of the 9 nodes but then when i get to the 7th (the selected purple node) there is a cross that appears on the cursor while you can click on the remaining three nodes a subsequent error message appears.

[barthbradley]

Thanks. Those screenshots helped answer some questions of mine.

I'm willing to help you solve this, but I'm ham-stringed here by not having the rfa.  You got 2 forum members participating (and you got a nugget with Toan involved), so take advantage of it. Post the whole family. We'll figure it out. 

[liam_reidy]

Oh of course, apologies. 

[liam_reidy]

Hi there, just wondering if you had any luck figuring out the error(s) 

Cheers,

Liam. 

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

@liam_reidy

I forgot about it yesterday so I did just now.  Yes the process is exactly as I described in the earlier reply.  The reason it gave you an error probably because you didn't turn on the Nodes.

I turned on the Nodes for the surfaces where the mullion failed to repeat and manually placed it using 9 adaptive points snap on the corresponding nodes.  I did for 4 of them and if you see anything left you can follow the same process to stitch them up.

I did try to redo the repeater but my home laptop is too weak to perform the task.

 

[liam_reidy]

Oh, thanks so much man, i did have the nodes on but perhaps i was clicking on a wrong plane? 

Thanks again