Generate Polyhex Shapes
Join together a bunch of hexagons and create hex tilings. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Generate Polyhex Shapes
- 1. Choose the Number of hexagons. There is no input to paste; simply set Number of hexagons. Small counts like 4 or 5 give recognizable polyhex pieces, while larger counts grow sprawling organic clusters of connected cells.
- 2. Inspect the generated shape. The output pane renders a connected cluster where every hexagon shares at least one edge with another. Regenerate to explore different arrangements, since the joining pattern is randomized on each run.
- 3. Capture the result. Once a shape appeals to you, save the rendered graphic or screenshot it into your project. Keep generating variations until you have a full set of distinct pieces.
When to use Generate Polyhex Shapes
Generate Polyhex Shapes joins a chosen number of hexagons edge to edge into a single connected figure, the hexagonal cousin of polyominoes. It is a shortcut for anyone who needs puzzle pieces, tile clusters or organic blob shapes built on a hex lattice without constructing them cell by cell in a drawing tool.
- Designing puzzle game pieces. A Tetris-like game on a hexagonal board needs a library of playable pieces. Generating polyhexes of size 4 and 5 quickly surfaces candidate shapes to balance and include.
- Creating terrain blobs for wargame maps. Forest and lake regions on a hex wargame map look best as irregular connected clusters. Random polyhexes give you natural-looking region outlines to trace onto the campaign map.
- Illustrating combinatorics content. An article about counting polyhexes, a classic enumeration problem, benefits from concrete rendered examples at each size. Generate a few specimens per cell count to accompany the numbers.
Examples
Cluster of hexagons
About the Generate Polyhex Shapes tool
Generate Polyhex Shapes is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Join together a bunch of hexagons and create hex tilings. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored anywhere.
This page is one of 108 Hex utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
You can shape the output with the Number of hexagons setting, and the result refreshes the moment you change it. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive content such as internal documents, credentials or customer data. It also responds instantly, since every keystroke is handled on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Is Generate Polyhex Shapes free to use?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Does the generator send anything to a server?
Everything happens locally. Your browser downloads the tool's code once, then does all the processing itself; nothing you enter is transmitted, stored or logged. You can even go offline after the page loads and it will still work.
How do I get a different result?
Run the generator again. Each run is computed fresh on your device, and any options you change are applied to the next result immediately.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. The tool works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet or phone. There is no account to create, no extension to add and no software to install.
Can I save what the tool produces?
Yes. Use the download or copy controls in the output panel to keep the rendered result once it looks the way you want.