Workflow

To build a timber frame Model in Grasshopper, you need to:

• create Beams.

• define Joint Rules for the interactions between the Beams.

• optional: define other Features.

Based on this, the Model component takes care of generating the final geometry of the structure.

Example:

Note

Important!

• You can add any number of Joint Rules, but there is a hierarchy of how they are applied:

• There are three Types of Joint Rules 1. By Topology, 2. by Category and 3. Direct Joints. Direct Joints will overwrite Category Rules, Category Rules will overwrite Topology Rules.

• The Joints are processed first, then Features.