Hi Max,

re:
> I need a planar result - not distorted panels - so I would like to test it on a planar, tessellated joint surface..

So yeah, just be aware that it's pretty likely that the examples you saw were not built with this planarity requirement in mind, you will probably need the special functionality for that in Rhino's paneling tools. But maybe you'll find something of interest in experimenting.

- Michael