What is the best way to build a geodome?

Cosmoaxis · February 25, 2021, 5:41pm

I’ve been building an SCP facility recently, and for one of the containment rooms I want a geodome ceiling. Here’s what a geodome looks like:

I’ve tried using plugins but everything gets out of line and is hard to build. Any suggestions would be nice! Thanks.

Cosmo

souppression · February 25, 2021, 5:47pm

I would recommend you use Blender to create that. Starting with an icosphere should be a good place to begin:

Cosmoaxis · February 25, 2021, 6:11pm

Thanks for the reply, I’m new to blender though and I’d want it to be a half-dome, hollow, same poly as my build and a frame over the glass, so every following every edge. I’ll mess around in blender and see what I can get

VegetationBush · February 25, 2021, 6:27pm

You can add a wireframe modifier which outlines the edges of the icosphere.

ArsaMate · February 25, 2021, 7:26pm

You can,

Use blender to spawn a icosphere (RECOMMENDED)
Do it with rotated parts
Use unions

Cosmoaxis · February 25, 2021, 7:28pm

I cant get the blender icospheres to have the correct poly though (Subdivisions) to match my build. I’ve already implemented it so changing this would cause chaos. I’ve tried manually building one but it looked terrible.

ArsaMate · February 25, 2021, 7:33pm

You can change subdivisions here.

If an icosphere isn’t working, you can also try UV sphere with 15 segments

Cosmoaxis · February 25, 2021, 7:36pm

I would use the icosphere, but I cant get the right amount of subdivisions to fit my build. I think I might use the UV sphere until I am experienced enough with blender, thanks!!!