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8 Aug 2024 12:21:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: mesh for icosahedron  
From: Greg M  Johnson
Date: 30 Dec 2000 17:38:14
Message: <3a4e63d6@news.povray.org>
Chris Huff wrote:

> > 2) Does anyone have code for making a N-triangle approximation of a
> > sphere (please don't code this just for me--does it already exist)?
>
> Maybe you can find something useful in one of the discussions about
> "evenly spaced points on a sphere" on these groups...

I've actually coded the scenario you described fairly successfully.  The
problem comes in trying to figure out which of the points should be the
vertices of the triangles.


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