Re: GEOHEX Terrain

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Michael Brown wrote:

> GeoHex was patented and he let it lapse.  I think you can still get
the info
> from the US Patent Office.  I visited them while they were still in
> production, the key was the jigs they used for cutting.  Every piece
was
> hand cut, it was the fastest and cheapest option (he did look at
"casting"
> processes with the folks that make packing inserts)

I've seen the Patent.  Not helpful.  ;-)

I've always suspected that there was something sneaky/cool going on
during
production.  I've always felt that the pieces fit together in some way 
for easy production not just cool hills.  I just couldn't see how.

I have family in the industrial machine design world.  It isn't easy.
It doesn't surprise me at all that GeoHex was all hand cut.

Mike