Objects, Let's Go!!

I have now begun creating the definition for my parametric shelf design. So far I have been able to create the following definitions. The circles shown are all at different radii and randomly placed around a centre point.  From here I can extrude and cap the shelves to give them thickness. I can also use this part of the definition to create the poles that will eventually connect the shelves. I lowered the "number of shelves" (in this case poles) as well as the domain for the radii. What I am now trying to figure out is how to randomly place my shelves along the Z-axis before I extrude them. From there, I will then have to find a way to connect the pole definition with the shelf definition. Perhaps I can move each cluster of poles to each shelf, while giving them each a random seed for their length and placement through shelf, as well as the number of poles.

For this week's post, we were asked to draft some concepts for a furniture design using definitions in Grasshopper. See my concept below Most of the ideas I came up with were shelves. I decided to move forward with a shelf idea that I felt could be manipulated the most drastically. I'm hoping that with this design I could manipulates the following attributes, while still creating a somewhat function shelf design: - shelf size and thickness - location of shelf planks (x,y,z) - placement of poles - poles thickness and length

For this assignment we were asked to create a definition in Grasshopper for a 2D parametric design, and generate 3 patterns from it. We will then create physical drawings using the drawing plotter. I started off be drawing a curve in Rhino and then arrayed circles along it. I then added a range to randomize the radii. I copied this definition but flipped the curve in Rhino. I tried using the Flip parameter in GH but couldn't get it to work properly. I decided not to randomize the radii for theses circles. I added in the definition to create outlines of multiple shapes. I Polar arrayed both sets of circles and offset them as well. I had initially tried connecting the outlines definition to the offset curves but that kept failing. Once I put it between the circles and their offsets, the definition worked. However, depending on what number the radii are set to, there will be warnings. Below are the 3 patterns I created: I'm still not feeling confident i...