I forgot to mention in the screenshot that the surface is set to "reparametrize" (right click over the surface component).
On Dec 6, 11:10 pm, visose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for not addressing your main question, but have you tried using > the new twisted box components for paneling? You can use this to panel > any pattern you want, even 3D geometry. > Here's an > example:http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/patternwithtwistedbox.jpg > > Also, I have a definition that does basically the same as the > scripting component that you are using but without scripting and > without duplicating lines. If you want i can upload, but I'd use the > new twisted box components now that they are available. > > On Dec 6, 4:29 pm, carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi all. > > > so i want to generate hexagons on a surface. (what's new?) > > i found a nice little VB script component on here by another member. > > it generates hexagons on a surface using UV subdivision. which is fine > > in some cases, but as soon as the surface begins to distort, so do the > > hexagons. i understand that subdividing a surface by hexagons does not > > result with identical hexagons, but constraining to UV makes REALLY > > distorted hexagons. > > seehttp://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/web/hexagonal%20distorti... > > > is there another way to do this? that isn't relying on UV division? > > maybe something that relies on triangulation and creating the hexagons > > from their center point that falls on the vertices of the triangles? > > > thanks, > > > carter
