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Nest smoke alarm: How to create the "fibonacci-like" hole-pattern

ptc-4890452
1-Newbie

Nest smoke alarm: How to create the "fibonacci-like" hole-pattern

I just came across this Nest smoke alarm, and got curious about the pattern on the front: https://nest.com/blog/2013/10/08/meet-the-nest-protect-smoke-and-co-alarm/

Is it possible to somehow through one or more pattern features to create something like on the attached picture? I can't crack it myself. Help is appreciated

https://d2pupd7a6asjpt.cloudfront.net/blog/images/2013-10-08/nest_protect_smoke_co_alarm.jpg


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And Ryan... just to be sure - some of us need to get a real life

This is a pattern from scratch. Having tried all the clever things, I opted to go back to the curve template as posted before. It really does twist in your mind from one solution to the next. I have to hand it to the ID guys. They are a different breed!

I don't know what this is, but its cool! Some kind of round hole in a square peg!

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...and this pattern is "60x" so it lends itself to divisions other than 4.

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Inoram
13-Aquamarine
(To:TomD.inPDX)

Looks cool Antonius!

Attaching my model so people can see how I setup the extrude that got patterned because I did it a little different.

TomD.inPDX
17-Peridot
(To:Inoram)

Intersting solution to determine the offset between pairs, Matt.

Patriot_1776
22-Sapphire II
(To:TomD.inPDX)

Nice!

Thank you for your input!
I'm always amazed by your skills and enthusiasm.

Whenever I have a question, you guys manage to give me a quick and detailed answer that I can learn from.

In this case I ended up using the method Matt came up with, but it's always interesting to see how the same result can be achieved in different ways.

The PTC Community rocks!

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Nice picture, Esben. Is that a focus effect or is that a SLA part?

Thanks.

It is quick render, that I did with KeyShot.

Inoram
13-Aquamarine
(To:ptc-4890452)

Looks cool. I looked up KeyShot because I never heard of it. I was hoping for a free version, but there does not appear to be one. I used to render in POV-RAY back in the day. Back when it took hours and hours, today probably takes seconds on modern computers.

Thanks.

Not exactly seconds, but it's a matter of minutes. I think this one was in the oven for 20 minuttes. The depth of field takes a lot of time to render until it's not too grainy.

Very cool render, Esben. Love the Community kudos.

Thanks.

DavorGranic
14-Alexandrite
(To:ptc-4890452)

Cool focus effect Esben.

If I focus on one hole whole pattern seems like expanding...or maybe I had too much coffie.

Yeah, I see it too! ... or maybe I had too much coffee as well

Fun (unrelated) update to this discussion: Google just reportedly acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash.

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