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This two part example shows how to create a folding shutter (made from 4 folding panels), then applies these shutters to a divided wall surface.
Part 1: Creating a Folding Shutter Facade Panel
The essential steps are:
- 2:33 - Create a surface to be divided into shutter panels.
- 3:10 - Get the bottom edge and divide the curve into 4 points.
- 3:59 - Copy and rotate the copies of these points to determine the locations of the panels when folded.
- 6:10 - Add lines to visualize the folded panel locations.
- 8:20 - Mirror the logic to determine the folded panel locations on the opposite side of the panel center.
- 9:58 - Extrude the 4 folded panel location lines in the Z direction to the desired panel height to create panel surfaces.
Part 2: Applying the Folding Shutter Facade Panels to a Divided Wall Surface
The essential steps are:
- 0:52 - Divide a wall surface.
- 1:38 - Apply the folding shutter logic to one of the surfaces (to test it).
- 2:10 - After testing with one surface, apply the folding shutter logic to all of the surfaces.
- 2:40 - Compute separate input values to control the opening of each shutter panel independently.