This is a Grasshopper routine that runs in Rhino3d and lays out the saddle and bridge pin holes.

The controllable parameters are:

  • String count
  • String spacing
  • Saddle angle
  • Saddle slot width
  • Saddle slot thickness
  • Distance from pins to saddle (center of pins to center of saddle)
  • Diameter of pins
  • Optional pin pilot hole diameters (set to zero for none)
  • Pin orientation – horizontal, or parallel to saddle

Please note this routine requires the Pufferfish plugin for Grasshopper, which is available for free from food4rhino.com

Download “Bridge Layout Tool for Rhino 8” bridge-layout-v1-1.zip – Downloaded 230 times – 43.76 KB

 

The above version is the latest version 1.1, which has updated bake functionality available in Rhino 8.

If you are running Rhino 7, I believe the old 1.0 version (below) will work – if anyone can confirm this please send me an email. 

Download “Bridge Layout Tool” bridge-layout-v1.zip – Downloaded 446 times – 38.26 KB

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