Drawing Kagome Tiling
In Japanese, “kagome” refers to basket weaving, and the name of this tiling derives from the traditional basket-weaving craft of Japanese culture. In geometry, we know Kagome tiling as a semi-regular tessellation, Tri-Hexagonal Tiling. This tiling is composed of regular hexagons and triangles that cover the plane completely without gaps or overlaps. The dual of this tiling is the Rhombille Tiling. In this short tutorial, I am explaining the drawing of Kagome tiling in Rhinoceros. Thus, I am using some of the basic CAD commands and procedures. Nevertheless, in these beginner-level exercises, my purpose is to get students familiar with the interface, while creating drawings and models.
In this video series, I present a variety of in-class exercises from my first-year Architectural Geometry course. Using Rhinoceros software, we explore Euclidean constructions, basic drawing and transformation commands, introductory fractals, regular and semi-regular tessellations, patterns, modeling, and unrolling polyhedra. So, these concise drawing exercises are beneficial for junior architects, interior designers, industrial designers, and enthusiasts from other disciplines. I’ll be sharing several exercises each week on my blog and other platforms. Thus, today’s exercise is; Drawing Kagome Tiling.
The software used in this course is Rhinoceros 3d (www.rhino3d.com). However, if you want to find out more and see the whole list of this video series, you can check my YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@designcodingnet. The music of this video is ‘A Kind Of Hope’ by Scott Buckley (CC-BY 4.0). www.scottbuckley.com.au
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