The Yoshimura Pattern path effect applied to a sample shape
Paper craft

Yoshimura Pattern

Diamond lattice for a folded cylinder, bellows or paper lantern, where curvature bows the rings so the tube tapers instead of running straight.

FamilyPaper craft
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Rows1 to 16, default 4
  2. Columns1 to 20, default 6
  3. Curvature-100 to 100, default 35

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