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Plotting a contour on a torus
There are two ways to consider a two-dimensional torus. One way is to take a parallelogram (let's say the square $[0, 1]^2$) and topologically glue the opposite edges. Another way is to look at the ...
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On generalizing Partition[] (with offsets) to sublists of unequal length
The usual Partition[] function is a very handy little thing:
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create an (almost) hexagonal mesh on an ellipsoid
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I edited the question in order to take into @Kuba's comment.
I want to create this figure with Mathematica (in particular an almost hexagonal mesh on an ellipsoid; thanks to @Kuba I know this ...
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Hexagonal Mesh on a 3D surface
I am new to Mathematica, and I am trying to create a 3D hexagonal mesh on a 3D surface. It is very similar to what was done in this post Create a torus with a hexagonal mesh for 3D-printing, but now ...
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Making a 2D hexagonal mesh
There are a lot of answers for how to make a hexagonal mesh on a 3D surface but nothing on how to make a hexagonal mesh on a 2D surface. Can any provide code on how to do so? I am new to mathematica, ...
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3D Printing in Mathematica Tutorials
Are there thorough tutorials on 3D printing for Mathematica? It seems that being able to export Mathematica files for 3D printing is unfortunately still a novelty, but it's vital for my business plans....
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Creating MeshRegions of various 2D lattices
This is a soft question about the best approach to design a function that creates MeshRegion objects of various 2D lattices, e.g. kagome or hexagonal, all through ...
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Voronoi mesh from non-parametric surfaces for 3D printing
I am trying to make a Voronoi mesh from the Stanford Bunny surface for 3D printing, intended as a test case to make a Voronoi mesh from any arbitrary, non-parametric 3D surface. Related techniques ...
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Create hexagonal mesh on 3D Parametric Plot and 3D spheres?
I am looking to put a cool geometric mesh on this object. I came across this question that explained how to put a hexagonal mesh on a parametric equation but I have a series of geometric objects of ...
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Can I Adjust Thickness of Spheres and Cylinders to Make Objects Printable in 3D?
I have a design of a crystal structure using Sphere and Cylinder in Mathematica. I then exported the result as an STL file and tried to print it. I was told that the objects were "too thin," that ...
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Create a templated double gyroid with a hexagonal mesh and etched hexagonal mesh
I'm looking for a way to create patterns on the surface of 3D objects. One thing I have not been able to do is to create a hexagonal mesh on a templated double gyroid structure. What I would like to ...
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Hexagonal meshing in Plot3D
How can I include hexagonal meshing on a Plot3D such as this?
Plot3D[Sin[x], {z, -3, 3}, {x, -4 \[Pi], 4 \[Pi]}]
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Torus Hex Mesh - Need Unique Hex Dimensions
I'm looking to laser cut a bunch of hexagons and assemble them into a torus (using hot glue or tape). How do I get the dimensions of the individual unique hexagons? I've seen Create a torus with a ...