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4 Nov 2024 19:21:12 EST (-0500)
  Re: Creating Spheres of Triangles  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 1 Jul 1999 09:06:10
Message: <377b67c2@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:35:56 +1000, Edward C. wrote:
>I think your best bet is a dodecahedron, a regular shape made from 20
>equilateral triangles.  

You're thinking of an icosahedron.  A dodecahedron has 12 sides.  If
you download my golf ball code from http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
you'll find that it subdivides an icosahedron to generate the centers
for the dimples; perhaps the original poster could adapt it to his needs.


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