Freeform Honeycomb Structures

Caigui Jiang, Jun Wang, Johannes Wallner, Helmut Pottmann

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Abstract

Motivated by requirements of freeform architecture, and inspired by the geometry of hexagonal combs in beehives, this paper addresses torsion-free structures aligned with hexagonal meshes. Since repetitive geometry is a very important contribution to the reduction of production costs, we study in detail “honeycomb structures”, which are defined as torsion-free structures where the walls of cells meet at 120 degrees. Interestingly, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem is useful in deriving information on the global distribution of node axes in such honeycombs. This paper discusses the computation and modeling of honeycomb structures as well as applications, e.g. for shading systems, or for quad meshing. We consider this paper as a contribution to the wider topic of freeform patterns, polyhedral or otherwise. Such patterns require new approaches on the technical level, e.g. in the treatment of smoothness, but they also extend our view of what constitutes aesthetic freeform geometry.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)185-194
Number of pages10
JournalComputer Graphics Forum
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 23 2014

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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