Isogrid in a curved surface

[Kepedralvez]

I just need help on creating this pattern on a irregular shaped cone are there any work around or plugins for this one? tried watching those youtube vids about isogrid but all of it are cylinders or flat. Appreciate all the help I could get!

[etfrench]

Use a Surface sweep to create a helix.  Thicken the helix to the width of the individual paths.   Surface Revolve the profile of the workpiece 180 degrees.  Offset it to the height of the individual paths. Use the split body command to cut the helix into the first path. Mirror it. Pattern it. Create a vertical path through one set of path intersections (Not done in the following example). Pattern it.

You can also use offset planes and sketches to create paths:

For a cone, you can use Emboss/Deboss to create a pattern:

This was done by Debossing the middle row and one of the outside rows of hexagons, then patterning that.

[mwbowman01]

Can you use  a similar procedure to the one shown at the end to plane a tapered surface?

[etfrench]

What do you mean by "to plane"?  The hexagons were debossed into a cone.  You just need to set the width of the pattern to a number of degrees that evenly divides 360 degrees.

[mwbowman01]

 I apologize i didn’t ask my question very clearly. How could I constrain a pattern on a 2d plane/surface to change in size proportionally to the width of the surface. The last picture shown would be a good example visually of what I’m trying to achieve.

[etfrench]

Calculate the circumference of the cone at the top and bottom of the pattern.  You can use either the full distance for the pattern in an Emboss/Deboss command or a percentage of it in order to pattern it.