I’m not sure this question belongs here as I might think it needs to go into Grasshopper. I have a sphere that needs to be covered by hexagons of a specific size. The sizes are 25, 50, 100, 150 inscribed circle. I’m hoping to to find the two options. The first is where as many as possible will be c…

[image] packed_hexagons_on_sphere.gh (19.3 KB) Here’s something to get you started. It actually packs circles with a given number of each of the given sizes, then places hexagons inside them. Doing the packing on the hexagons directly could give denser arrangements - it would be a bit more comp…

Hi welcome, [image] schaafstal: needs to go into Grasshopper :100: Look at Kangaroo examples for this Cheers, BVR

When you say ‘covered by hexagons’, do you mean sharing edges, or with gaps in between? [image] If sharing edges, then you wouldn’t be able to use only hexagons, you’d need some faces with fewer sides (for example 12 pentagons). If you want to prescribe the sizes though, they can’t all be sharin…

Thank you for the reply. Sharing edges is not important. By “step down” I mean a smaller size if the bigger size doesn’t fit. It must be made of the sizes I indicated though. A kind of chaotic “circle packing” could also be nice.

Wow. That’s really impressive. This is close to what I’m looking for. Thank you very much.

Specific hexagons on a sphere

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ajarindia (BVR) October 19, 2020, 1:55pm 2

Hi welcome,

Look at Kangaroo examples for this

Cheers,
BVR

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