Cell Grid in Solid

Lays a grid of cells over the whole of a Solid, on a box, a cylinder or a sphere. Cells can stick out past the Solid; cut them back with Trim Cell Grid or Trim Beams. Refuses above 2,000,000 cells.

Inputs

Volume Solid

The Solid the grid has to cover; cells are added until it is enclosed. It must be a closed, three-dimensional shape.

Takes: any block that gives Solid (102 blocks)
Grid Choice

The grid's layout: rectangular cells, or rings of cells around an axis, or shells around a centre.

Cell size Vector

Cell edge lengths along the grid's x, y and z axes, in mm. All three must be positive.

Cell radius Number

Radial thickness of each ring of cells, in mm.

Cell height Number

Height of each ring of cells along the axis, in mm.

Arc count Number

How many cells make one full turn around the axis.

Latitude count Number

How many rings of cells from pole to pole.

Longitude count Number

How many cells make one full turn around the polar axis.

Frame Frame

Origin and orientation of the grid. Where the grid is laid out. When unset: a box grid starts at the volume's bounding-box min corner with world axes; a cylinder grid sits on the volume's principal axes at its centre of mass, Z along its axis of symmetry (axes whose moments lie within 5 % of each other follow the world axes); a sphere grid is centred on the volume's bounding box.

Takes: Curve Frame, Frame, Offset Plane, Point-Normal Plane
Advanced (1)
Linear Yes/No

Give each cell straight edges between its eight corners instead of edges that follow the grid's curve; the corners stay where they are. Usually on for beam cells and off for TPMS cells. Off by default.

Output

Cell Grid

Used by: Lattice in Solid, Grade Cell Grid, Tile Cells, Trim Cell Grid

Properties

Values the block gives besides its output. The editor lists them under Properties, and an input can read one by reference.

JacobianDeterminant Number

How much the Cell Grid stretches volume at each point.

U Number

The first cell coordinate at each point, counted in cells.

V Number

The second cell coordinate at each point, counted in cells.

W Number

The third cell coordinate at each point, counted in cells.

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