Hexagonal graph paper
Whole hexagons at the side length you ask for, flat-top or pointy-top, printed at true size.
Two quite separate crowds print hex paper, and they want it turned different ways. Tabletop maps use pointy-top hexes, because a pointy-top grid has clean columns and the standard hex-numbering conventions assume them. Organic chemistry uses flat-top, because that is the orientation a benzene ring is conventionally drawn in and a fused ring system reads correctly along the horizontal. Both are here, and the control that switches them is the geometry select.
The size that matters is the side length, not the width, because a hexagon has two widths and people quote whichever suits them. A hexagon with a 10 mm side is 20 mm across the points and 17.32 mm across the flats — the sheet will tell you both figures if you turn the caption on. A 25 mm hex map tile and a 5 mm chemistry grid come off the same page.
Only whole hexagons are drawn. A grid of hexes cannot fill a rectangle exactly, so the honest options are a ragged edge of complete cells or a fringe of half-cells sliced by the margin; this draws complete cells and centres the block they make. The edge steps in and out by half a hex on alternate rows, which is exactly what a printed hex pad does.
A hexagon quoted by its side length has two widths worth knowing, and the caption control prints both on the sheet: turn it on and the page tells you its own side, its width across the flats, and how many cells it drew. That is a sheet that can be checked against a ruler months later without remembering what it was set to.
Graph paper by ruling and geometry
- Graph paper, any rulingThe full generator — any spacing, six geometries
- Isometric graph paperVertical and 30° lines · for 3D sketching
- Polar graph paperRings and spokes · any radial step, any spoke angle
- Engineering paper5 squares per inch, green, with a border
- 5 mm graph paper5 mm squares · the metric standard
- 1 cm graph paper10 mm squares · big enough to write in
- Quarter inch graph paper6.35 mm squares · 4 squares per inch
- Half inch graph paper12.7 mm squares · 2 squares per inch
Questions
Flat-top or pointy-top — which do I want?
Pointy-top for tabletop maps and hex-and-counter wargames, where the numbering conventions assume clean vertical columns. Flat-top for chemistry, where it is the orientation a benzene ring is drawn in.
Why is the edge of the grid ragged rather than straight?
Because hexagons do not tile a rectangle. Every other row sits half a cell across, so a straight edge would mean slicing hexes in half at the margin. Whole cells with a stepped edge is what printed hex paper does, and it is what you get here.
How do I check the hexagons printed at the right size?
Measure across the flats — the shorter of the two widths — because it is the one with two parallel edges to lay a ruler against. A 10 mm side is 17.32 mm across the flats. Turning the caption on prints that figure on the sheet, so the paper can check itself.
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