Create Hexagon Sphere

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Hi there,

I’ve been looking up my beginner question, but did not find a solution for me yet. I’m trying to create a sphere made of mostly hexagons and as few pentagons as possible. I’m using Blender 2.8 and tried adding a Truncated Icosahedron, which works fine, but does not have enough faces? I’m not sure, whether that’s the right term since I just started 3D modelling yesterday. Basically, it’s the right form, but it’s to “edgy” compared to a typical sci-fi shield sphere.

How can I make the model more “smooth” to have more hexagons in general?

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Check this method:

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That helped even though I was a little bit overwhelmed by the steps in the comments since I haven’t used that stuff yet. But, I got it working! :slight_smile:

Could you explain in layman’s terms what’s happening in the steps provided in the youtube comments?

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Joking aside, he basically wrote down the exact steps that is happening in the video. In short he’s creating an icosphere, adding & applying subdivision modifier, removing the unneeded vertices
If you’ve a specific question to a step, I can explain that as well.

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see this addon

add-on Add Mesh: Geodesic Domes

should be close to what you need !

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happy bl

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Yeah, it’s close! What settings did you use to create that? I can’t replicate it so far. Is there a way to get the hexagons as similar shaped to each other as possible?

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not certain how to find it in 2.8

but in 2.79

it is in extra mesh
geodesic dome
add
class 2
icosahedron
hex

and it will give you this hex sphere

hope someone can tell us where to find this in 2.8

thanks
happy bl