Hello Arthur, 

great work! Could you explain the general outline of the workflow? For example, I started with a ... and then ... 

And at which point was Weaverbird used? The final result seems to be a polysurface composed of quadrilaterals and hexagons (or are they actually 6 triangles).

Hi Jesus,

Thanks! The workflow goes like this:

1) Create a Flat Hexagonal Grid

2) Trim the Grid using Curves

3) Apply springs between the points

4) Add gravity to the particles

5) Run Kangaroo to get the catenary shape

6) Get the mid point of all the heaxgons

7) Create surfaces to get the average normal of each hexagons

8) Project the hexagon on the normal plane

9) Move the plane using the normals

10) create mesh faces between first and second hexagons

11) create mesh faces to close the planar hexagon

12) Orient all the mesh faces on a flat grid to laser cut them

13) Join and weld the mesh

14) Thicken the mesh using Weaverbird to get a shell

I hope this helps. It is all one mesh at the end made of quads on the side and triangles on the top (yes 6 of them).

All the best,

Arthur

Hey man!!! I'm working in a real project with a very similar generation workflow. Next week I will have some time for update the blog and other stuff. We've finished all parametric-design process, it could be nice to share with you the HEX-perience :P

12) Orient all the mesh faces on a flat grid to laser cut them

I can't wait to see the model. 

Congrats, looks great!

Thanks Ionut, I hope all is well. Jesus, we weren't planning to make a model but after your comment maybe I should! Angel, it would be great to have a chat about the project! Will you be in London during the SG event?