geometrical pattern

well back to a new facade type and could use some help or guidance on how to achieve it. basically what we have is a standard diagrid (it will eventually need to be mapped to a surface but for now its 2d) and from that i want to create random hexagons, triangles, and stretched hexagons.

if you take a look at the attached image youll see what i mean. colors are irrelevant just showing different patterns. the farthest i got was the diagrid created but i am clueless on how to create these shapes. any help would be great! thanks everyone.

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Permalink Reply by Aaron Coffman on October 22, 2010 at 10:03am

is this even possible in gh or should i use rhinoscript instead?

Permalink Reply by taz on October 22, 2010 at 6:06pm

It's hard to tell what your different panel types are and how they tessellate.

Reminds me of this:

http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=100296_0_23_0_M

Permalink Reply by Aaron Coffman on October 22, 2010 at 6:43pm

hey taz thanks for the link thats a really cool project. not exactly the route we're going but its close. basically in the image the main grid is the black and white diagrid. from there i want to randomly start combining these diamond shapes to create hexagons, large trianlges, and stretched out hexagons (the same shapes that are shown in color in the pdf i attached.) the biggest problem while trying to dissect the steps in this is determining how the hexagons, trianlges, etc are randomized. there is no specific tessellation pattern; i was thinking that the surface would be a standard diagrid but based on what program is behind the facade there may be larger panels like hexagons that start to form.

now that i try to explain it i even confuse myself, but i swear the image looks good in my brain.

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