Convex polyhedra bounded entirely by centrally-symmetrical polygons are
zonohedra, and zonohedra determined by an integer "n" (n>=3) vectors disposed
like equally-spaced generators of a right cone are polar zonohedra. I made a
macro which constructs polar zonohedra in POV itself; it allows one to display
either the n*(n-1) rhombic faces, or the edges and vertices, as cylinders and
spheres; or all. In this case, only the edges and vertices are shown. This
(n=20, I think) polar zonohedron has a light source within it, and is itself
within a large sphere, along with another smaller sphere, and rests upon a
plane which for some reason has an old map of Calfornia's Sierra Nevada mapped
onto it ...

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"Russell Towle" <rto### [at] inreachcom> wrote:
> Convex polyhedra bounded ...I made a
> macro which constructs polar zonohedra in POV itself;  ...

Nifty stuff.  Is this this macro for SHARING?
....he said suggestively ;-)

Best Regards,
Mike C.

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> Nifty stuff.  Is this this macro for SHARING?
> ....he said suggestively ;-)

I'll post it to binaries/scene files as a zipped archive of the two macros and a
sample scene file which uses them. I hope that the zipped archive expands into
proper text files.

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source posted to p.b.s.f polar zonohedra

7 minutes to render

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