I’m a sculptor that has been designing tessellating components with ball and socket joints. This allows me to 3d print one component multiple times and then snap these components together to create larger forms. I’m at the point where I want a little more control over the final form and have been going through tons of GH tutorials. I worked through a panelling tutorial yesterday and think it could give me some options but I’m not sure if it’s the best way.
I’d like to create one component that utilizes ball and socket joints, make that component align itself to a form, adjusting scale where necessary so that I can create more complex forms. What might be the best way to do this? Will I be able to export the components out as separate files for 3d printing? Is there a way to limit changes to the original form so I don’t end up with a 1,000 different size files? Thanks for your help.
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