Joining Adjacent Polyline Cells for Panelization

So my goal is to infill a given grid with closed cell polylines, referencing a given geometry (in this case a rectangle).

However, when there is an angle involved there are moments when there is not 4 points to connect. Because my reference geometry is a rectangle it will connect to a random 4th point to satisfy its requirements.

Is there any function or workaround to reconcile this issue? Can I build my reference geometry differently? Can I join adjacent polylines or skip particular points if it doesn't meet the 4-point criteria?

Any suggestions would be great! (also attached a couple images and a gh script).

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Permalink Reply by Damon on August 4, 2014 at 1:28pm

Did you ever solve this? Instead of populating the grid with a rectangle, why not just build panels? Here's a kind of clunky way of doing it.

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Permalink Reply by Justin on August 4, 2014 at 2:12pm

I haven't yet. I do appreciate this logic, but I was trying to stay away from surfaces/meshes. So maybe i can still use these points to build closed polylines instead of surfaces.? I'll give it a shot and let you know how it goes, or if in the meantime you develop another way I would be very interested in the outcome. Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by ng5 Alex on August 4, 2014 at 4:03pm

I am sure if you post this to paneling tools group you will get more help compared to general discussion, since the grid panels component you are using is from paneling tools plugin

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