Create ventilation holes/grid with Node Editor?

 From:  bemfarmer
10963.3 In reply to 10963.1 
Hi Insekt,

James created a couple versions of HexGridMacro.

There is TriGrid macro, and HexTesselation Macro, and HexFlatGridMacro, for nodeeditor.
Also Conformal Mapping to the Torus.
Try MoI searches "+hex +grid +node", and also "+hex+lattice" (without a space).

Also ABH Packing 160221X.zip macro for a circular packing of circles, that is not quite hexagonal.
https://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=10147.8

Often, an "old" nodeprogram will have individual nodes which are "red", i.e. obsolete, or not present in the latest nodeeditor version, which need to be replaced with a more recent version... (This can be frustrating...)
I have barely used the nodeeditor for a long time. It is helpful to save Macro's and NodePrograms in AppData nodeeditor directory, in Macro and NodeProgram folders...
All 3 of the following terms are "programs":
A node is an individual component of a nodeprogram.
A macro is a collection of nodes. A macro appears as a single component, but down one level, contains multiple nodes.
A nodeprogram is a collection of nodes and/or macros, with input and output, which builds MoI geometry...

https://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=10147.3

MoI Array commands can also be used...

So are you looking for a Lattice, or a Packing?

- Brian

EDITED: 24 Jan 2023 by BEMFARMER