HELP PLEASE! Inflatable developable structures via kangaroo

I have a project at university where I will make an inflatable structure for any random shape (a shape like a random curve with a random hole in it). I have made this gh file where I take the two curves as input with kangaroo2 and inflate the surface. This gives me an open mesh which, of course, is not single curvature. How can I divide this mesh into single curvature strips so that I can unroll it and make a mockup. Ideally I would like it to look like the panels in Kai Zhang’s work, Kai Zhang - Inflatable Patterner

I just want to rebuilt this mesh, and create a new mesh from single-curvature stripes that has about the “shape” of the first mesh. (nearest to the first one)


inflation.gh (21.4 KB)

This might be relevant. I think you need a quad mesh but kangaroo can do this sort of thing…

https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/pipe-strips/102556/13?u=martynjhogg

Kai Zhang has published a detailed blog post on how they produce and unroll theses topologies. It’s a very informative read!

related to this !
Surely the same project

thanks, i already read it but couldn’t understand exactly how he used c# to make the panels

There are many ways to make pieces from a mesh

then you have to flatten, also make the marks, the connections …

require quite some work.

thanks a lot for your suggestions, im gonna check them out!!