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17 Aug 2024 10:16:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Tetrahedron Macro  
From: paul jones
Date: 15 Oct 2001 10:38:50
Message: <3BCAF4E9.7FF8CA5B@psu.edu>
Nice image.... :-)

I did one of those once, I tried to make it general enough that you could enter
the number of sides for the base and it would calculate the resulting prism made
of spheres. I lost interest in it though when I figured out that I had forgotten
most of my high school trig....

-paul

Ruy wrote:

> I'm cheating, I know. I must confess I got the idea (and the radiosity
> parameters) from Arie L. Stavchansky's last post, so thanks, Arie L., tip of
> the hat to you.
>
> Anyway, I felt like putting all those Computer Science and Computer
> Engineering credits to use, and come upo with an algorithm for a tetrahedron
> macro. My first macro, actually, and not much of one, I'm sure. Probably
> been done half a dozen times before, too, but so what? I'm proud of it like
> a soccer father on a Sunday afternoon.
>
> The best part is that it gave me an idea for  the "Your Ten Best Images"
> contest.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Ruy
>
>  [Image]


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