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CASE STUDY 2.0
REVERSE ENGINEERING 1. Create surface A surface was lofted by first defining two curves then using the divide curve and catenary definition to manipulate the form until desired look is achieved.
2. Hexagonal cells Hexagonal grid is created off the referenced surface. The U and V parameters are altered to attain desired sizes and numbers of cells.
3. Patching cells The cells are produced as geometries which are then deconstructed to attain the edges of each individual cell. This information is then put into the patch command to create individual surface for each cells. This allows us to treat each cell as an individual component.
4. Perforating The surface of each cell is then perforated by projecting curves, culling and trimming them. Prior to this, image sampler was used to generate desired perforation pattern.
5. Creating tabs Tabs were drawn for a hexagonal module and repeatedly applied to other modules by locating the midpoint of the edges. (image on following spread)
B3. CASE STUDY 2.0