Panelization

node-editor-plugin-panelization

Panelization Discretize any surface, solid or mesh into fabrication-ready flat panels inside BeeGraphy, from the panel pattern all the way to nested, labelled cut sheets. Workflow Input: Shell Faces (a solid into its faces). Panelize: one node for the whole pattern step: optional boundary (build the surface from curves or trim it), the pattern (Voronoi, UV Grid, Triangulation or Hexagonal, only the chosen one runs), the density from Target Size, and the cut to the outline and around holes. Mesh Panelize does the same for scans and imported meshes. Optimize: Panel Size keeps every panel between a minimum and a maximum size by splitting big panels and growing small ones (no merging), with optional snapping to the border and seam rows. Panel Structure (members and joints) and Panel Planarize (flatten and measure flatness) are also in this step. Panel geometry: Panel Faces (with optional gap and frame), Perforation, Pipes and Panel Preview (colour by panel, flatness, size or part type). Fabrication: Panel Schedule (part types, table, CSV, flat outlines for nesting) and Sheet Report (engraved labels centred in each part, sheets, yield, waste, cost and a cutting check). Optional steps that add material or patterning (gap, frame, perforation, pipes, planarize, structure, snap / seam rows, attractors) are off by default (value 0). Limits Curved panels are cut from the surface for display. A full rebuild of a large model with 700 to 900 panels takes one to four minutes, most of it in Panel Faces. Pieces cut at an outline edge can stay below Min Size. They are only grown when their neighbours stay above it.