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Create an hexagonal steel structure using ShapeMap

Create a parametric hexagonal grid on a double-curvature envelope with minimal distortion.

30–45 minRhino 9 for Windows / MacIntermediate
Create an hexagonal steel structure using ShapeMap

In this tutorial, you will learn the basic workflow of ShapeMap and how to use its main components, such as ShapeSolver and MapToShape, to construct a parametric hexagonal grid, representing the steel structure that wraps around the envelope. ShapeMap ships with Grasshopper, and allows to map shapes with minimal distortion on a complex shape, like this double-curvature polysurface.