Join hexagonal faces

[laurent_delrieu]

Hello
this is classical problem that explain why I did this little tool in Nautilus plugin

But it will not work well for some geometry (sphere …) which lead to very small hexagon
See also this discussion there are other tools
(sphere …)
Hexagon On Surface

Hexagons on surface : Is there a tool that outputs nice hexagons?

Dear community I tried some plugins to put hexagons on a surface with a seam. I tried lunchbox, ngon. I didn’t try Paneling tool. These tools have problems or the seams (lunchbox, or too much points (polyline with 9 points for ngon plugin), not hexagons at the ends, or too much distorsion … As I need quite nice hexagons I developed a little tool 2 hours work). You just have to put the number of hexagons on a ring and say where is the seam (U or V). [image] Did I miss an existing tool ? M…

It is possible to flatten the extremities

Hexagonal revolution srf LD.gh (22.8 KB)