Honeycomb lamp

olishea

Just playing with some honeycomb structures. I used Shape Bender, JPP, Artisan, FFD and Split Donut. Thanks to all plugin developers who make these things possible.

d12dozr

Seriously cool, Oli. Would love to see that in real life - 3D printed and kitted up with an LED lamp.

pilou

Maybe this thread can interest you

cotty

You know where I would love to see this?
Very nice!

olishea

Thanks guys. D12 that was my intention and I have a lot more work to do on the rest of the range.

Hey Pilou, thanks for posting that, very inspirational. The key to a nice mesh is how you subdivide the 2D honeycomb structure first, otherwise shape bender makes it's own mind up.

It's a shame Shape Bender doesn't work on a closed loop.

Cotty, how can I forget, although it is no longer simple!

Rich O Brien

That's great

I was trying to come up with a Voronoi workflow recently. It quckly spiralled outta control...

derei

@rich o brien said:

That's great

I was trying to come up with a Voronoi workflow recently. It quckly spiralled outta control...

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that's awesome, dude !!

pilou

Just for the fun
A Zbrush fan of me Mealea Ying has made a special Multi Mesh Insert for Zbrush !

olishea

That's excellent Rich. I'd be interested in your workflow too. The render looks real This is where problem can lie with SU, it's hugely difficult to post-honeycomb a structure if you understand me. The mesh must relate to the structure when I believe there is an easier way of doing it. Rich I think you can make voronoi textures in photoshop using stained glass filter

SketchUp really isn't the best tool for these models, but I find its limitations/constraints can sometimes be inspirational...it helps me understand 3D better.

Yes Pilou, I remember seeing a frenchy pilou plugin on the internet and I thought "I know this guy, I know this guy!!"
I looked at using Wings 3D again for these models...it's just 100x quicker than SketchUp. Why is sketchup still so slow? Why does it slow to a snail's pace with heavy geometry when another app can open/navigate the scene fluidly? Will it always be like this? Sorry for the rant.

pilou

@unknownuser said:

Why is sketchup still so slow?

At the base it's a "Box modeler", not a "Subdivison Modeler" and it has so many other things to manage!

Sure for this sort of things SU can't fight with ZB, Wings3D, Blender.. but it has a so sweet ergonomy!

Rich O Brien

@Oli

olishea

Lovely Rich. Did you vectorize a texture or something?

@unknownuser said:

Sure for this sort of things SU can't fight with ZB, Wings3D, Blender.. but it has a so sweet ergonomy!

I know I know, that's why I can't stop using it.

Rich O Brien

Thomthom's HeightMap to Mesh plugin on a 64px x 64px .bmp

Tried a 208px x 208px first but it buckled SU.

olishea

Oh yeah, great little plugin. Isn't there a plugin/algorithm to subdivide a face into these shapes? I'll look into some other techniques to achieve this. Imagine a Voronoi TOS

Rich O Brien

TIG's elegantly named Quadrilatelizer (which has a scrabble score of 968 with three triple word bonuses and bonus for all letters used) can generate a funky yet consistent results.

olishea

Thought so! Gonna give it a whirl now.

There seems to be a grasshopper workflow I may look into as well.

Rich O Brien

You need the patient of a saint to wait while SU crunches numbers....not worth the effort though....

Rich O Brien

@unknownuser said:

So what is your secret ?

Mystérieux

massimo

Here's my go. Much better than Rich's

pilou

@unknownuser said:

TIG's elegantly named Quadrilatelizer (which has a scrabble score of 968 with three triple word bonuses and bonus for all letters used) can generate a funky yet consistent results.

Yes but that is only quads!
Seems you have not only quads!

So what is your secret ?