POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Polyhedra : Re: Polyhedra Server Time
5 Sep 2024 10:26:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Polyhedra  
From: David Fontaine
Date: 6 Feb 2001 18:26:28
Message: <3A8087FF.D287CBD@faricy.net>
Jakob Kosowski wrote:

> > It depends on what kind of polyhedra you want. How many faces? Regular,
> > irregular? If irregular, how many different faces? How many sides per
> face?
>
> Regular. I mean Tetrahedron, Hexahedron (i can do that with a box),
> Octahedron,
> Dodecahedron and Icosahedron.

You can intersect planes for a "solid" one, or for speed's sake you can use
triangle meshes. I have an include file for mesh polyhedra at my site if you
want.

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David Fontaine  <dav### [at] faricynet>  ICQ 55354965
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