This tutorial shows how to make a seamless grid of tessellating 3D tiles. Learn how to plan for a hexagonal grid system for tile design in Grasshopper.
- [Instructor] In this video, we'll continue working…in the Rhino file hex-tiling.3dm.…Right now, I've got the Grasshopper definition…for the last video open.…That's 0060-hexagonal-tiling-parameters.gh…and we're going to continue adding to that definition.…So before you go much further, in Grasshopper,…I'm going to right-click on this polygon component…and disable the preview.…We'll come back to that later, and in Rhino,…I'll turn on and set as current my 3D hex tile layer,…and I just want to make sure all the rest of my Rhino layers…are off besides Default.…
So we've spent the last several videos…building a parametric hexagonal tiling algorithm…where we can adjust the diameter, the quantity,…and the spacing of a hexagonal grid.…In this video, we're going to work towards using that…as a framework to help us arrange 3D geometry…into a tiling pattern.…I have a shape there that's based on the design…known as a Truchet tile, named after Sébastien Truchet,…a 17th-century French mathematician.…Now there are many variations to this tiling pattern.…
Author
Chris Reilly
Updated
10/26/2018Released
10/25/2017By the end of the course, you'll see how even basic literacy in Grasshopper can be applied to developing projects for art, manufacturing, architecture, and design.
- Working with algorithms
- Modeling a base profile
- Extruding elements
- Finishing an algorithm
- Planning for mass production
- Customizing Grasshopper
- Scripting with Python and Visual Basic .NET
- Modeling data with Ladybug
- Creating a tiling grid
- Tiling 3D objects
- Using reflection symmetry and mirroring to repeat tile
- Tessellating tile in any direction
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome49s
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What’s new in Rhino 61m 39s
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1. Algorithmic Thinking
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Working with algorithms2m 34s
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Iteration and recursion5m 37s
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2. Modeling a Musical Instrument
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Introduction and file setup3m 41s
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Modeling the base profile6m 51s
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Modeling the top profile6m 15s
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Extruding the frets8m 29s
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Extruding the solid base8m 40s
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Extruding the solid top3m 41s
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Finishing the algorithm5m 12s
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Planning for mass production4m 39s
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3. Customizing Grasshopper
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Clusters9m 23s
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Add-ons and plugins2m 4s
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Python scripting10m 53s
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Visual Basic .NET scripting15m 27s
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4. Modeling Climate Data with Ladybug
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Vector review6m 31s
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Shadow study with Ladybug8m 36s
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Aligning shapes to vectors10m 28s
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5. Tiling and Tessalation
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Data tree review7m 47s
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Adding offsets for tiling7m 54s
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Tiling 3D objects12m 35s
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Truchet tile fundamentals3m 48s
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6. Simulation and Form-Finding with Kangaroo
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What is Kangaroo?1m 32s
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Installing Kangaroo5m 10s
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Exploring Kangaroo basics6m 20s
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Multi-goal simulations8m 14s
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Simulating tensile meshes3m 54s
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What are grid shells?1m 7s
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Simulating grid shells7m 3s
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Flexible anchor points8m 47s
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Measuring tolerances5m 48s
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Form-finding with Kangaroo4m 48s
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Conclusion
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Next steps54s
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Video: Planning for tiling 3D objects