Full Version: How to copy pattern around sphere or an object to be same size?

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I believe that Pilou is right: there should be about 12 pentagons to create a 'seamless' sphere made of many hexagons. The basic polyhedron is ICOSAHEDRON.

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Hexagons_on_Sphere.3dm

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Hi Elang

magnificent work

is it possible to know what method you used to create this piece ?

Thanks

christian

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Hi Christian.

My method is quite a process that I think some one has better one. I will post it soon.

Cheers!

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1. Create an ICOSAHEDRON, align its center to the origin point.

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2. Create Hexagonal Pattern on one of its flat surface

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3. Copy this hexagonal patterns to the other surface accordingly

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4. Extrude TO POINT these hexagonal patterns to the center point of the Icosahedron (origin point). Open capped.

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5. Create a sphere (start from the origin point) with radius size is SMALLER than the hexagonal 'cones'. Then TRIM the sphere with all of the hexagonal cones.

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6. The hexagonal patterned sphere is done.

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FYI, this kind of model could be easily made within Blender.

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hI

Many thanks Elang
Very clear and clever

il wil try to to it


To help people to draw "manualy" an isocahedron, find below 2 links to youtube videos
One is about drawing a golden rectangle, the other is about drawing the isocahedron

https://youtu.be/ud60mzxu4NE

https://youtu.be/3TWRvqVgCEI

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ISOCAEDRON.3dm

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ISOCAEDRON.png 

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