Pete wrote:
> I actually had not noticed that. Woops. Hmm. That's why you
> have seven coils: otherwise the six-sided cross section would not
> work. Aha! That also means you can only use an odd number of
> coils.
I'm not following. Why do you think I can only use an odd number?
> So does the mobius-like twisting somehow cut down
> on the amount of curvature on the individual facets?
Not entirely sure what you mean... the facets are perfectly flat, except for
the last one (where it must meet up properly with the first), the mobius
twisting is a side effect of them being flat.
> I learned a lot of math and pov in the progress of attempting
> to emulate your picture, so thank you for posting it!
No problem :)
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