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Parametric Roof

In this grasshopper definition, you can model a parametric roof by defining a controllable Nurbs curve.

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In this Paracourse Lesson, we are going to model a Parametric Roof from scratch. First, we are going to model a simple rectangular plane for the base of the roof and then we are going to use a parametric curve to control the overall shape of the model.

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