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Grashopper: Divide Surface into grid

This is not so complex/hard take up a single post, but often I tend to forget how to divide a surface into UV grid. It's just a simple 4 steps

  1. Set the Surface (rhino or grasshopper generated) into the surface node
  2. Get the Divide (Divide Domain2) node to divide the surface(the division wont be visible just yet)
    • Add Number Sliders to the U & V nodes of the divide node to adjust the number of divisions according to the requirement
  3. Link the surface to the Subsrf (Isotrim) node and provide the domain of isotrim node as the result of the divide node


You can adjust the number of U & V  divisions using the number slider provided.

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