One can see the variations created throughout this piece. I was able to generalize both algorithms so they simply take the desired number of panel divisions as the main parameter to drive the form. Other’s in the Dynamo community have commented on this feature of Dynamo’s programming limits. In Dynamo, it was more difficult to derive the panel points from the divided surface, but once the panels were created found manipulating them easier. For example, I was able to create the divided panel points quicker in Mathematica, but then struggled to apply the geometric transformations.

These conclusions were also posted on medium but ultimately the main insight I gained from attempting to replicate the same geometry in Dynamo and Mathematica was that Mathematica 11 was superior at developing the abstract math of the panels, whereas direct control of the geometry was better in Dynamo. The computing power of Mathematica 11 in the cloud goes a bit further before constantly hanging up the browser at 80x80x2.

Mathematica 11.3 manipulate