Add attractor points on a single unit of a surface.

Hi,

I got a surface with hexagon paneling, how can i add a group of points inside a single hexagon unit instead of all the surface, and then add attractor points into this hexagon unit (to achieve the effect as the image attached), i just have no idea where to start. Can someone help? Many thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Anders Rod on September 5, 2016 at 5:21am

Hi Renj,

There are various ways to do this, here is one example:

- Create a plane for each cell, and project the cell onto it

- On this flat cell, create your pattern of points

- Find the distance from each hole to the center of the cell. Remap these number so you can use them for the size of your holes.

- Draw the holes!

I'm attaching the script for your reference (The 3dm file is still the original).

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Permalink Reply by Renj on September 6, 2016 at 10:23pm

Hi Anders, thank you so much for the help! A million thanks!

Can i ask another question? i want to cut the holes on surface, and get the surface without the holes. However, when i use list item, i get the holes not the surface..

I would also want to cull the hexagon pattern, not every cell has the holes, i tried using random reduce component but seems i didn't get it right.. Thanks for helping!

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