V5 composition
240 stable suspended butterflies
Version 5.2 keeps the stable suspension logic and refines the review experience you identified: the suspension never twitches, oscillates or creates fake movement. Every cable and yoke is rigidly attached to the rotating field. The sensation of flight comes from controlled wing poses, changing viewing angle and a slow lighting wave.
54Large · 186 mm
132Medium · 146 mm
54Small · 108 mm
38°Median wing fold
Why the butterflies read larger
The previous mix had only 30 large ornaments. V5 increases that to 54 and chooses those locations using both local 3D clearance and vortex depth. Large butterflies are concentrated where the field can visually support them without simply scaling every ornament until the composition collides.
Large-element minimum local clearance145 mm
Wing-fold range21–56°
Wing asymmetrySmall, fixed
Body pitch / rollRestrained
Stable suspension
Main suspension count240
Main cable range319–4705 mm
Visual cable diameter≈1.0 mm
Main line typeRigid instanced microcable
Yoke30 mm + two short leads
The strings are now thin cylindrical geometry rather than one-pixel line primitives. They rotate smoothly with the entire assembly and never receive independent animation. In the architectural scene their opacity is intentionally very low; the Detail view increases it slightly so the suspension can still be inspected.
Butterfly refinement
Wing structureFour separate curved crystal wings
ThicknessThin bevelled optical body
FacetsSubtle cool / warm prism variation
PerimeterChampagne optical rim
BodySegmented metallic anatomy
Fine detailAntennae + restrained veins
Flight effect
No cable motion. No wing flapping. Flight mode instead moves a very slow highlight wave through the fourteen fixed accent beams. As different faceted wings catch those beams, the sculpture appears alive while every physical suspension line remains stable.
Narrow tail accents4 × ~5°
Mid-field spots6 × ~15°
Upper-field floods4 × ~30°
Central accentSoft narrow beam
Review modes
SceneArchitectural installation
VortexWarm ivory product cyclorama
DetailHigh-detail L butterfly study
Vortex removes the room and places the complete fixture in a soft ivory cyclorama with a photographic horizon and controlled floor shadow. Detail removes the chandelier entirely and presents one dedicated large butterfly with separate wing roots, polished edge treatment, segmented body, thorax core, eyes, curved antennae, suspension eyelet, etched veins, facet boundaries and crystal accent facets.
Presentation layers
Suspension systemStable and almost invisible
Mechanism referenceCentral bearing and exit positions
V5.2 is still a visual and kinematic design study. Final bearing, carrier, drive, structural reactions, cable rating, dynamic clearance, fatigue, anchorage and certification require engineering validation.