Planar Honeycomb Shells With Kangaroo

Learn how to use the Kangaroo physics engine for geometry optimization and how to create planar hexagonal panels.

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In this quick course, you will learn how you can create shell-like surfaces made of planar hexagons, using the Kangaroo Plugin. Learn how you can use this powerful physics engine to optimize your geometries.
Is important to acknowledge this method will not work with any kind of surfaces. When using particle simulations for optimizing geometries each case requires a very particular approach, in this case, this procedure works fine with surfaces that have a shell-like shape however this method wouldn´t work with more complex surfaces with concave and convex zones for example.

Take Aways:Removing duplicate curves
Setting up Kangaroo´s Physics Engine
Creating Springs
Mixing several forces in a simulation
Using Planarization Force

Overview

Lecture 1 Planar Honeycomb Shells with Kangaroo