Voronoy surface with version 7

[feklee]

The thread 3D voronoi discusses how to create such a shape using something called topologizer with the Dendro plugin.

In Version 7, is it possible to create such a shape perhaps with SubD, i.e. without extra plugins?

In the end I want to use this method as the basis for modelling a strangler fig growing along a pipe, or maybe around a torus. It doesn’t need to be super realistic, just needs to look nice to get the idea across.

[HS_Kim]

Check this topic.

Refine a mesh

No, it is under the Surface>SubD tab, (and only if you have your update frequency set to Release Candidate and have downloaded the latest version of Rhino 7) about optimizing the distribution, one way would be something like this: tetrahedral_lattice.gh (15.3 KB) It packs spheres into the volume, then takes the Delaunay tetrahedralization of their centres (using the MeshEdit plugin). This way you avoid the short segments and small angles you get from the Voronoi of non optimised points. [im…

[feklee]

Thanks! However, the structure pictured in that thread looks very different, not really organic. All the nodes have the same thickness, which looks unnatural. Compare that to the sphere in the thread that I linked.

Anyhow, maybe Rhino is not the right tool. Blender or z-brush come to mind for sculpting organic shapes, but I would need to learn them first.