Normal Extrusion

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Permalink Reply by nikos tzar on April 3, 2015 at 10:04am

Hello Justin,

Is this what you are after?

Permalink Reply by Justin Jablonski on April 3, 2015 at 11:02am

Hi Nikos,

That is exactly what I am after.  Thanks for the quick reply.  Is there a way to cap these?  I tried the cap holes and cap holes ex and didn't quite get the result I am after (it added a line down the middle)

Thanks again!

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Permalink Reply by nikos tzar on April 3, 2015 at 12:01pm

I believe the line in the middle is because the hexagonal cells are not planar. So cap holes ex can't close the breps with a single planar surface.

A simple (and clumsy) way to planarize them could be the following:

For better results you should work with kangaroo plugin (http://www.grasshopper3d.com/page/search-results?cx=007664031582976...)

Permalink Reply by Justin Jablonski on April 3, 2015 at 12:10pm

Hi Nikos,

Excellent!  Thanks for the response.  I will take a look into kangaroo.  Have a great weekend.