I think the easiest way is with blender, you can just make your model then use the wireframe modifier
Hi, I am trying to figure out if it's possible to build a 3d sphere similar to this:
https://static1.bigstockphoto.com/9/0/7/large2/7093809.jpg
using this as a base element:
https://imgur.com/zq8NPi5
Thank you!
I think the easiest way is with blender, you can just make your model then use the wireframe modifier
I am using blender and I think you can create it more easily with its small size and relatively new interface.
You can also watch the following tutorial, which is of significant benefit, even if it doesn't allow you to fully extract the model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rtqprkLgM&list=PL6qhZ57G7buypLtTLPHKGfIkbuTm5H6BI&index=4
Thank you for recommendation. I was googling 3D modeling, that's how I got here. I wanted to see if what I am trying to build is even possible, geometry-wise. It would be nice to see it in 3d model beforehands. Are there any online platforms similar to Blender? With no software installation required? Any of the ones listed here you're familiar with and could recommend?
https://alternativeto.net/software/blender/?platform=online
Ok, thank you. Which software would you recommend for something like that?
Also, in real world that would be a modular origami piece. I just realized I am in the wrong forum :)
I am doing something similar but not origami.
Here is a modular origami buckyball, in fact the same as the first sphere image posted in original post: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e9/6c/8b/e96c8baafa4b8241f245b8c8137c6396.jpg
or this one -
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e-BZGxwycUQ/hqdefault.jpg
Thank you for your response luxxeon. I am not using any software at the moment. This is something I am building by hand, out of paper. I already have a flat model that I can keep build indefinitely. I am trying to figure out what would it take to bend it into a sphere (and if it's at all possible) and how it would look in 3D.
I took a closer look at the first sphere image I posted which I initially thought consist only of hexagons and discovered that it's hexagons and pentagons which is not what I need or would be able to build the way I am doing it right now.
Creating a buckyball like the one in your first image is very easy in most 3d modeling software. You would start out with a icosphere with 42 or so vertices and then just bevel or chamfer the verts and delete the ngons after. However, using a pattern template geometry as you have in the second image as the lattice requires some extra features that will depend on the software itself. What software are you using?
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