Grid Spreading

by Jason Wheeler

Aug 22, 2013

Hello all,

This might be an easy problem and I'm just overlooking something.

I have a surface with many peaks and valleys.  I want to create a grid on it where each grid line on the surface is always the same distance away from the next on the surface.  In essence I want the curve length in-between grid lines to always stay the same.  So in plan you will have a sort of wavy grid going on.  Somewhat similar to these

I want the grid to spread away from the peaks and valleys while maintaining the curve length between grid lines.  Right now what I have is half of it.  I can only manage to get the grid to wave in one direction.

I hope that was clear enough to understand... 

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    David Rutten

    I attached a VBScript component which creates a balanced grid on a surface. It tries to keep all cells within every individual columns and row roughly the same size. This is not possible of course on a doubly curved surface, but you can approximate it along the edges at least.

    It doesn't look like the first pictures you posted, but then the pictures you posted also don't keep the "...in-between grid lines [...] the same."

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    David Rutten

    david@mcneel.com

    Tirol, Austria

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    Aug 23, 2013

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      Carlos Gabilondo

      I have to ask you, how have you achieved the drawing of the first picture. I am looking to make something just like that and I can't figure out how.

      Apr 4, 2019