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Hex dome help

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:31:42 GMT

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone can help me with either a solution or with the model itself.

I am having a hard time building this model in particular in Fusion 360. I have made a dome composed of triangles, but with hexagons and poligons is beyond me.

I also need all the sides of the hexagons and poligons to be equal.

Thank you in advance and have a nice day!

I attached a photo of the dome/sphere I am referring to.

Re: Hex dome help

g-andresen — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:56:54 GMT

Hi,

take a look at this tutorials

günther

Re: Hex dome help

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:07:17 GMT

Trust me I did, but i can't find anything about a hex dome, only shapes with few sides or domes made of triangles

Re: Hex dome help

g-andresen — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:11:57 GMT

hi,

did you see the domes by Christian Laholm?

günther

Re: Hex dome help

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:15:30 GMT

Yeah, I actually contacted him about this matter.

Here's a screen of the conversation

Re: Hex dome help

TrippyLighting — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:34:45 GMT

Here's one of mine. Workflow and model are rock solid!

Re: Hex dome help

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:41:20 GMT

Hello,

Thank you but I already did the truncated icosahedron. What I need is a construction with more hexagons and poligons like the image I posted in my original post.

Re: Hex dome help

TrippyLighting — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:48:45 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Hello,

Thank you but I already did the truncated icosahedron. What I need is a construction with more hexagons and poligons like the image I posted in my original post.

I guess then you need to do some more study on the math, geometry, and structure of such objects unless you just want to mindlessly follow along with tutorials without gaining an understanding of what you are actually doing.

I did a good bit of research and experimentation before I create that tutorial. Any and all of that can be found on the internet and Wikipedia was very helpful.