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24 Apr 2024 03:49:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: geodesic dome  
From: Janne
Date: 13 May 2016 02:25:00
Message: <web.57357203d5a10dbd2e8e96130@news.povray.org>
"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "Janne" <arc### [at] mecom> wrote:
> Now I
> > want to include an image of the three different strut lengths with their so
> > called "compound cuts". This turned out more difficult then I expected.
>
> I'll bet   ;)
> Last I recall, there's lots of nested cosines or something.
>
> I'd start by searching woodworking or geodesic forums, or even those "sacred
> geometry" sites to see if anyone's got some good charts or spreadsheets or PDF's
> or something.
> I could swear that there's something like this for POV-Ray - maybe check out
> Friederich Lohmueller's site forst, and then see if was done by someone else
> after that.
> Some stuff might even be right in the Insert Menu.
>
> > What is
> > the best way to create an image like
> > http://northernhomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/Geodome6.jpg.
>
> Can't see it:
>

> Access denied
> What happened?
> The owner of this website (northernhomestead.com) does not allow hotlinking to
> that resource (/wp-content/uploads/Geodome6.jpg).

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Hi Bald Eagle,
Sorry fot the not working link. It's just an image of a compound cut. I've done
all the calculations for the dome but showing an image of a compound cut seemed
more difficult then doing the whole dome.


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