Making hexagon mesh from diagonal mesh

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Hello! I tried to make this diagonal mesh depending on this tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmWgvcwjII

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Is there any other solution to make a hexagonal mesh?

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Hi, I didn’t understand what you would like to achieve. A hex mesh, or a diagonal mesh?

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i tried to add parallel diagonal lines. but it diagonalized only every second row, and i think that was the problem why hexagons were not possible to make.

i didn’t notice that at first glance. so i diagonalized every second row by hand - whats a bit time consuming

is that workflow recommended for hexagons: dubdiv catmullclark > subdiv diagonalize > add parallel diagonal lines and ballpacking > and then dual with boundary?

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but anyways: i realized that the order i do subdividing and optimization changes the result very strong!

with this mistake i found out how to make hex-quad-meshes :smiley:

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diagonal subdivision has a different effect then adding parallel diagonal lines?

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Hi, if you add parallel diagonal lines you can configure the spacing, by default it is 1, change it to 0.
Another possibility to design hex meshes is to start from a triangle mesh, optionally subdivide with loop, then dual. The triangle mesh can be optimized for circle packing property to make the hexagons very regular.

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Thanks!

how would it be possible to optimize this hex/quad mesh to get nice regular hexagons and quads?

because when i optimize it now, it gets a weird and crazy mesh.

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Hi, the best possibility is to optimize the triangle mesh for circle packing before using the “dual” subdivision rule to make hexagons.