An illustration of the resulting perturbed subdivided mesh (bottom) and strip generation (top). When an edge, which corresponds to a strip, is selected, the non-coincidental faces that reside on the edge produce the external forces affecting the strip.

Exterior forces affecting the generated structure are identified (top) and determine the shear force acting on the developable strips (bottom).

An illustration of the simulated progression of the computational model’s reaction to the offset of applied forces. Identified exterior forces affecting the generated structure (top) determine the shear forces acting on the developable strips (bottom). Dark purple represents the most gradual change.