I want to copy the blue objects so that it’s covering every inch of the sphere? How can I do this? I was thinking maybe something with array?
Hi, Amanda! Take a look at the PanelingTools plug-in http://wiki.mcneel.com/labs/panelingtools. I would suggest importing a quad sphere or icosphere mesh (from Blender or maybe Weaverbird http://www.giuliopiacentino.com/weaverbird/), and populating the vertices with your pattern.
Some links to mesh generation software http://www.robertschneiders.de/meshgeneration/software.html.
Hi Amanda,
When using panelling tools and/or CreateUVCrv or UnrollSrf and then FlowAlongSrf you’ll find there will be grouping at the poles.
I’ve just posted something for a basketball which would also help you: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/equal-spacing-of-points-on-a-sphere - look at Daniel’s grasshopper algorithm.
This will give you a set of random points which you could populate in order to have a uniform(ish) coverage.
It could be a lot of work unless you work out a way to copy multiple objects to the points and normal to the surface in one go. I had to do it by hand for my project as I’d run out of time to work it ou.
Andy
For anyone else stumbling across this question:
You may use the Array on surface (ArraySrf) command with respect to a sphere.