Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to properly figure out how to smoothly pack circles on a curved surface. If I'm not mistaken, I ended up using the Rhino command FlowAlongSrf. The only problem is that you have to bake the packing circles to a boundary similar to surface you are projecting on to, which can be a bit tricky depending on how wonky your surface is.
Apart from that, I had to fix the edges because the packing circle function I was using still left a few gaps here and there.
Also, FlowAlongSrf can be really slow. I'm not saying Grasshopper's much faster though.
Zubin Khabazi
Feb 23, 2011
Ra
Hi Jordan,
Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to properly figure out how to smoothly pack circles on a curved surface. If I'm not mistaken, I ended up using the Rhino command FlowAlongSrf. The only problem is that you have to bake the packing circles to a boundary similar to surface you are projecting on to, which can be a bit tricky depending on how wonky your surface is.
Apart from that, I had to fix the edges because the packing circle function I was using still left a few gaps here and there.
Also, FlowAlongSrf can be really slow. I'm not saying Grasshopper's much faster though.
Good luck! Let me know if you figure it out!
Mar 1, 2011