@valentini wrote:
Dear all,
I am sending this email in order to ask your opinion about modelling cellular structures in rhino.The concept of my model is a cellular structure that consists of 2 types of polyhedra cells,more specific the Weaire and Phelan structure.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaire%E2%80%93Phelan_structureThe size of each cell is 10mm * 7mm.The whole size of the model that I want to create is a box of 160mm * 160mm * 100mm that is consisted by 900-1000 polyhedra. Moreover this model is going to be 3d printed and imported in a software fro thermal simulations in order to test its performance.First I tried to create a model that it is possible to be 3d printed and has some transformations in order to distinguish for the printer the solid and void part.Although I started with creating blocks and groups and using the array and copy command there are a few problems that I am facing.First the file is "heavy" and not easy to manipulate.Secondly as a next step for my model I want to manipulate the size of the polyhedra in order to create a variety of sizes.For example create smaller sizes of polyhedra at the edges of the model or at the planes of the box and larger polyhedra in the middle of the box.In addition this traansition from smaller to bigger size in a further step I want to consist the transition from the shape of polyhedra to shape of shperes.As a result I will have a component that distributes different sizes of polyhedra and spheres.Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed?Is modeling in rhino a good option because until now I have spent hours to built this model and it takes hours also to manipulate.I was thinking to try to use grasshoper 3d as a second option however I am not familiar with the software and think that it might take longer to achieve my goal.I am looking forward for your suggestions.I have also attached snapshots of my model in this mail.Thank you in advance
Kind regards
Valentini
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