Crease patterns: Crimp-bends

Wide and narrow crimp bends
Wide and narrow crimp bends

I previously posted images of these crimp-bent tubes that I designed earlier this year, and here are the crease patterns. The top and bottom edge of each bend are based on sine waves. The angles of the internal crimps on each vertical gore use the same math as the diagonal shifts, where each diagonal fold is angled toward one convergence point.

Crease pattern: Crimp bend
Crease pattern: Narrow Crimp bend
Crease pattern: Narrow crimp bend
Crease pattern: Narrow crimp bend

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