A hexagon allows for a very economical use of a linear space by making a grid that is equidistant to the center of any adjacent hexagon without the use of any other shape. An octagonal gr id would also require the use of a square space that would be useless space.
A hexagon allows for a very economical use of a linear space by making a grid that is equidistant to the center of any adjacent hexagon without the use of any other shape. An octagonal gr id would also require the use of a square space that would be useless space.