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Generate a grid of hexagons in blender
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| import bpy | |
| import math | |
| radius = .3 # long diagonal of hexagon | |
| layers = 12 # number of rings of hexagons in grid | |
| def makePrimitiveCircle(objName, v, r, f, loc, rot, lvl, layers=[0]): | |
| bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_circle_add( | |
| vertices=v, | |
| radius=r, | |
| fill_type=f, | |
| view_align=False, | |
| enter_editmode=False, | |
| location=loc, | |
| rotation=rot, | |
| layers=[(i in layers) for i in range(20)]) | |
| ob = bpy.context.active_object | |
| ob.name = objName | |
| ob.show_name = True | |
| me = ob.data | |
| me.name = objName + 'Mesh' | |
| # give the hexagons a gradiated green hue | |
| mat = bpy.data.materials.new("PKHG") | |
| r = .05 * 1.2 ** n; | |
| g = .1 * 1.2 ** n; | |
| b = .05 * 1.2 ** n; | |
| mat.diffuse_color = (r, g, b) | |
| ob = bpy.context.selected_objects[0] | |
| ob.active_material = mat | |
| return ob | |
| objs = bpy.data.objects | |
| objs.remove(objs["Cube"], True) | |
| n=0 | |
| count=0; | |
| letter=ord('a'); | |
| start = ord('A') - 1 | |
| a = chr(start + 1) | |
| while (n <= layers): | |
| count = 0 | |
| x = 0 - n*math.sqrt(3)*radius | |
| y = 0 | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count), 6, radius, 'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| for i in range(0,n): | |
| x=x+math.sqrt(3)*radius/2; | |
| y=y+radius*1.5; | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count), 6, radius, 'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| for i in range(0,n): | |
| x=x+math.sqrt(3)*radius | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count), 6, radius, 'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| for i in range(0,n): | |
| x=x+math.sqrt(3)*radius/2 | |
| y=y-radius*1.5 | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count),6,radius,'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| for i in range(0,n): | |
| x=x-math.sqrt(3)/2*radius | |
| y=y-radius*1.5 | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count),6,radius,'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| for i in range(0,n): | |
| x=x-math.sqrt(3)*radius | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count),6,radius,'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| for i in range(1,n): | |
| x=x-math.sqrt(3)*radius/2 | |
| y=y+radius*1.5 | |
| makePrimitiveCircle(chr(letter+n)+str(count),6,radius,'NGON', (x,y,0), (0,0,0), n) | |
| count+=1; | |
| n+=1 |
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