Nexorade...

mitcorb

And maybe a buttache in Sketchup

However, excellent work

ken28875

Wow, this is quite amazing.

How did you model it, Taff?

Have a nice day,

_KN

TaffGoch

@ken28875 said:

"How did you model it, Taff?"

After spending hours developing the underlying geodesic template,...
...fitting the "follow-me" path, for the springs, was the easy part.

(There are several recent online articles about "nexorades," if you're curious about the mathematical principles of the underlying template.)

-Taff

Nexorade/rotegrity template(4,1)

Spring components

boofredlay

d12dozr

Awesome. The repeating pattern of hexagons, pentagons, and triangles is mesmerizing.

TaffGoch

@d12dozr said:

"Awesome. The repeating pattern of hexagons, pentagons, and triangles is mesmerizing."

Yeah, well, when that happens to me, I figure that it's time to go to bed...

-Taff

Slimdog

Dude good job.

d12dozr

@taffgoch said:

@d12dozr said:

"Awesome. The repeating pattern of hexagons, pentagons, and triangles is mesmerizing."

Yeah, well, when that happens to me, I figure that it's time to go to bed...

-Taff

I was trying to understand how it works, and what would happen if a guy clipped one of the springs

TaffGoch

I doubled the "wrap" of the springs, and like the final result, better than the original.
(Now my new desktop wallpaper)

-Taff

Double-wrap

TaffGoch

Same methodology, but it was easier to start from scratch, on the springs, rather than try to modify the previous set.

-Taff

Templates

david_h

you are truly insane. . . .

david_h

but it is such a cool model. . .

TaffGoch

@unknownuser said:

*"you are truly insane...." *

Granted....

-Taff

solo

Very friggin cool, I would not be able to get my head around this if I was to try make it...way too complicated.

I'd love to see this animated and rendered, spinning as the reflections shimmer.

TaffGoch

Actually, this model shares the geometry of the two images, below. While keeping the same underlying geometry, I can get creative with the connected "bones" of the structure.

That said, devising the original geometric template did, indeed, take alot of thought, and several procedural trials, until I got it right. Once that was fait accompli, it has been more like "playing" with concepts, rather than work.

I've still got (at least) one remaining idea that I want to try, using this geometry template.

-Taff

Metal straps