Squares in Asymmetrical area(Portuguese paving)

Hi All,

I was wondering what would be the best approach to fill an asymmetrical area/surface with small squares. Where each square sides adapt in size and form in relation with the rest of the squares and the area it is covering. Something similar the Portuguese paving pattern (please see picture).

Thanks!!

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Permalink Reply by tore07 on July 20, 2016 at 4:53am

Some other examples of what I would like to achieve, the sides of the inner squares adapt to the borders of the area they are filling. I tried with weaver bird Catmull component but the grid gets quite deform and I am not really able to control the pattern.

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Permalink Reply by tore07 on July 20, 2016 at 8:05am

Hi Tom,

Ideally I would need the pattern exactly on gh. So I can export the line work from a whole area and also get estimates on the number of tiles needed depending on the average size of each. So if say, want each square to be around 5 x 5 or 10 x 10 I would know how much tiles I get in total for a particular area. I would look more into the nesting options and have found some interesting examples from Kangaroo. The main problem I encounter now with the meshes is that I can’t control the size of the square cells and they also tend to lose their rectangular distribution on large areas, forming a more spiderweb like layout.

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