(Reposting from my gallery page)
I've designed-by-playing-around a tube tessellation. Here's a picture:
I'm very happy with it. It locks into place, holds its shape, is symmetrical across the midline, doesn't have too many layers, and is a tessellation. This is probably the 5th rendition over the course of a long time. It's grid-y and not complicated, so a crease pattern is probably on the way.
I haven't seen it before, but it is too simple not to have been thought up already. Anyone know where it's come up before? (I should probably post a picture of the bottom which is where it locks...)
I'm planning to add some rings and/or tubes around it or maybe have it take a curved path. Or make an i-ching tile complete with a broken line or two.
New-to-me tube tessellation
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Re: New-to-me tube tessellation
I've made rectangular 2×1 grid unit flaps myself, possibly the same CP (I'd be able to tell if I saw the back side), but I never had the idea of making tubes out of them. It's an interesting idea and looks very nice, so even if the difference ended up as just a matter of shaping, I think it would still be a fresh idea. I'm looking forward to see a whole folded tessellation of this molecule.
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Here's the reverse side:mkosmul wrote:I've made rectangular 2×1 grid unit flaps myself, possibly the same CP (I'd be able to tell if I saw the back side)
The more I play with it the more I realize it is REALLY simple. The crease pattern should be easy enough.
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It's very similar to my flap (apart from the shaping) but not quite the same: I didn't squash the flaps at the back side, just left them as regular pleats.
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Great minds think alikemkosmul wrote:It's very similar to my flap (apart from the shaping) but not quite the same: I didn't squash the flaps at the back side, just left them as regular pleats.
I decided to squash the back because 1) it adds symmetry which just makes me happy and 2) I *think* makes it stay flatter, but I'm not entirely sure about that.
Now, time to add rings!
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And here's one version of a tessellation based on the tube:
PDF version
There's relatively little tube per paper, but it's a start.
PDF version
There's relatively little tube per paper, but it's a start.
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Never seen a curved tessellation. Love to see you fold it!
I'm not claiming it or anything but it's close to how I designed the base for Balance. Here's the CP drawn by origami_8: http://www.origami.at/diagrams/balance_cp.pdf
Just like mkosmul, I had not thought about using it for tubes either. Fold the whole tessellation cadix!
I'm not claiming it or anything but it's close to how I designed the base for Balance. Here's the CP drawn by origami_8: http://www.origami.at/diagrams/balance_cp.pdf
Just like mkosmul, I had not thought about using it for tubes either. Fold the whole tessellation cadix!
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