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  Re: Platonic solids 140kbbu  
From: Deaken
Date: 16 Mar 2002 00:24:57
Message: <3C92D7D3.94DCC74B@sw-tech.com>
Brendan Ryan wrote:
> 
> I got coordinates for the Platonic solids from the web site mentioned in
> p.g.:
> http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/polyhedra/

Hey, that's exactly where I got mine from.  :)

> The tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron could be converted directly.
> The cube was easy to figure out with two triangles per face.  I used
> three triangles per face for the dodecahedron.

That sounds familiar, yes.

> After converting the coordinates, I souped things up with the ancient
> Greek elements.

I basically used P and I, as in Paul Bourke's pages.  Wanna compare code? 
Drop me an email.

>  [Image]

I really like the texture on the cube and on the dodecahedron.

Deaken


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