Sections and Elevation Script

project: 30 Otis, Public Art Plaza

location: Mission District, San Francisco
date: 2019
size: .35 acre
collaborator: Frida Escobedo

Description: We developed this script in order to cut dynamic sections of the complex compound plaza walls at the plaza, that would then be used in construction documentation.
email information@fletcherstudio.com to request materials

SCRIPT OVERVIEW

ENTERING THE INPUTS

First we need to enter the direction of cuts as a single curve. This curve is indeed perpendicular to section cuts.

ENTERING THE INPUTS

First we need to enter the direction of cuts as a single curve. This curve is indeed perpendicular to section cuts.

CHANGING PARAMETER: DISTANCE BETWEEN SECTIONS 

SCRIPT FOR GETTING ELEVATION

SCRIPT FOR GETTING ELEVATION

The second part of the script is for extracting elevation points of the sections. To do this, first we need to choose an edge of the brep where the elevation points.

SCRIPT FOR GETTING ELEVATION

The second slider change the size of the tag font.