Regular triangle panel

[scottd (Scott Davidson)]

Yes, there is a way to get more regular patterns, but it takes a few design iterations and some balancing between competing mathematical realities.

The approach I would take to solve this is:

1. Roughly sketch the ideal organization to get a good idea of the goal. That will help in later steps.
2. Use PanelingTools plugin for Grasshopper. This will give the control needed as you refine the design. It can get complicated, but the problem here is definitely not automatic and may not be easy on arbitrary shapes.
3. Keep posting your progress here and there are people that can help guide you.

Here are a couple threads that might help.

Reduce number of panel units for mapping double-curved surface

Here is the root of the problem here is a mathematical limitation that makes a strict solution impossible. Mathematically a solution that cannot do all of these all at the same time: Grid any double curved surface Have specific sized Quads All Quads that match corner to corner Require Quads that are planar So to find a solution, one or more of these requirements needs to change. And there are many many ways that this can be done. For instance, there are only a few specific shapes that can b…

Difficulties with unshapely surface converting into structure frame

So, how would you want to panel this shape. There are a number of issues with the shape. But if you were to draw on the shape to section the shape manually, how would the paneling look? An image of that would be helpful. Just trying a couple things I got here: [image] Be aware there are mathematical limitations to paneling shapes. I believe this problem may also be limiting what you can do: