FEATURED WORKFLOW — THE WICKERSON WAY

🔹 FEATURED WORKFLOW — THE WICKERSON WAY 🔹

Watertight Parametric Roof Systems in Grasshopper (Rhino3D)

At Wickerson Studios, we don’t ship fragile definitions.

We build architectural algorithms that survive real geometry.

This multi-step Grasshopper workflow demonstrates a production-grade method for generating complex, non-planar roof structures — from abstract surface intent to fully watertight, structurally articulated Breps, without offsets breaking, lofts failing, or outputs returning NULL.

🔧 What Makes This Algorithm Different?

Most parametric roof scripts fail when geometry gets real.

This one doesn’t.

✔ Handles non-planar, ruled, and spline-based roof surfaces

✔ Produces a true watertight Brep roof volume

✔ Avoids edge-order, seam, and trim failures

✔ Uses RhinoCommon-correct, version-stable APIs

✔ Designed for fabrication logic, not just visuals

This is not a demo.

This is how professional computational architects actually work.

🧠 What’s Included in the Workflow

• STEP-03 — Advanced trigonometric roof surface generation
• STEP-04 — Robust, watertight roof volume construction
• STEP-05 — Primary structural ribs derived from the roof Brep
• STEP-06 — Rib beam profiling and thickness logic
• STEP-07 — Secondary purlins / joists (orthogonal structure)
• STEP-08 — Purlin beam profiling for buildable systems

Each step is:

• modular
• debuggable
• expandable
• and ready for your own derivatives

🧱 Built for Real Architecture

This workflow supports:

• Timber shells & CLT roofs
• Steel rib + purlin systems
• Folded plates & ruled surfaces
• Competition-grade massing studies
• Fabrication-ready structural logic

If you’ve ever thought

“Why does every Grasshopper roof script break when I push it?”

— this is your answer.

🚀 Available Now at

www.wickersonstudios.com

Explore advanced Grasshopper algorithms, RhinoCommon workflows, and the Wickerson Way of computational architecture — where math, geometry, and construction logic finally agree.

Build smarter. Build deeper. Build systems that don’t fail.