# Creating Honeycomb pattern (not for infill)

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784 "2021-09-06T01:32:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ripcord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Ripcord](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ripcord)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/1 "2021-09-06T01:32:14Z")

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I’m trying to make a large section of honeycomb along a rectangle and after about the 10th one the app completely bogs down and force closes the app. Anyone have this issue before? Or know a solution?

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/2 "2021-09-06T14:54:57Z")

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Hi, we have not seen any feedback like this in the past. Can you please tell me if you’ve patterned sketches or solid bodies? I would advise creating an array of solid bodies, that should work fine.

> **[Honeycomb](https://share.getcloudapp.com/v1u0O1xX)**
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**Author:** ![Ripcord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Ripcord](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ripcord)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/3 "2021-09-06T15:21:43Z")

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Thanks for the response. I was using sketches, making an inner and outer hexagon then lining them up to each other. I was hoping to “subtract” the inner hexagons leaving the wall to only be the pattern.

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**Author:** ![Ripcord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Ripcord](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ripcord)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/4 "2021-09-06T17:20:00Z")

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Okay I was able to use your method to create the wall I needed, but the hexagons are protruding from the wall dimensions I’m wanting. How can you trim off part of the body to just leave a portion of the shape? If I select it, it auto selects the entire body.

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/5 "2021-09-08T11:51:11Z")

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Could you please upload a video or some screenshots about this case? That would be super helpful!

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**Author:** ![sjagneaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sjagneaux](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sjagneaux)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/6 "2021-09-09T16:11:03Z")

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I’m not sure I quite understand, but here’s my attempt at one solution:

The video does a better job illustrating what I’m about to describe.  
I sketched 2 hexagons offset from each other by 0.5 mm. I chose these dimensions solely to make the math easier… any hexagon with a uniform thickness could be used. I extruded the shape, made 9 duplicates, and aligned vertices. Then I made several copies of the resulting shape, aligning them vertically.

I hope this helps.  
-s.

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**Author:** ![sjagneaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sjagneaux](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sjagneaux)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/7 "2021-09-09T17:40:34Z")

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Here is a video showing one way you could trim those pesky hexagons:

Cheers  
-s.

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**Author:** ![sjagneaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sjagneaux](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sjagneaux)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-honeycomb-pattern-not-for-infill/14784/8 "2021-09-10T14:36:31Z")

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The video player controls are covering the instructions. Expand the video to see them. My apologies for that.