Homebuild blow moulding form and vacuummachine to continue my material tests in norway. I used thicker material (2mm), an oven and a vacuum pump. the results are promising 
blow moulding mould
blow moulding result 1
blow moulding result 1
blow moulding result 2
vacuum machine
vacuum machine
vacuum result 1
vacuum result 2
vacuum result 3
based on the hexagonal surface panelization the definition creates pipes that join together to a ‘chain mail’ following the input surface.
chain mail on panelized surface
chain mail on panelized surface
chain mail on panelized surface
I made a grasshopper (a parametrical plugin for rhino) definition that automatically divides a nurbs surface into hexagons. So I dont have to build every single tile if i want to try proportions etc.
They are not real hexagons because I think its not possible to make a 3d hexagonal mesh. so its basically 2 quads that build one hexagon.
I just finished the script and have not played around so much but som impressions what it can do.
The definition is based on a surface panelization posted on
http://www.designalyze.com/2009/01/16/surface-panelization-definition/
panelized loft
the loft from two arcs
flat surface with bend isocurves
flat surface with bend isocurves
panelized sweep two rails
panelized bowl
Hello, this is my first post. I started this blog to document my current projects and this is a first try with images.