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From: Dan Johnson
Subject: Helix...and spaceframe
Date: 31 Oct 2001 06:13:41
Message: <3BDFDCFE.97C23868@hotmail.com>

It looks strong, but I don't know what I can build with it.  I don't
think it ever quite rotates back to where it started.  That would mean
that I can't make a rectangle without tweaking some angles, and
lengths.  

I'm looking for Ideas of what I can do with some tetrahelix's, and octet
truss spaceframe chunks.

-- 
Dan Johnson 

http://www.geocities.com/zapob

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From: Nekar Xenos
Subject: Re: Helix...and spaceframe
Date: 31 Oct 2001 06:32:58
Message: <3bdfe16a@news.povray.org>

"Dan Johnson" <zap### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3BDFDCFE.97C23868@hotmail.com...
> It looks strong, but I don't know what I can build with it.  I don't
> think it ever quite rotates back to where it started.  That would mean
> that I can't make a rectangle without tweaking some angles, and
> lengths.
>
> I'm looking for Ideas of what I can do with some tetrahelix's, and octet
> truss spaceframe chunks.
>
 How about a 'space-frame tree' with random branching?

- Nekar


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From: Dan Johnson
Subject: Re: Helix...and spaceframe
Date: 31 Oct 2001 19:30:52
Message: <3BE09825.7A223FBC@hotmail.com>

Nekar Xenos wrote:
> 
> "Dan Johnson" <zap### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:3BDFDCFE.97C23868@hotmail.com...
> > It looks strong, but I don't know what I can build with it.  I don't
> > think it ever quite rotates back to where it started.  That would mean
> > that I can't make a rectangle without tweaking some angles, and
> > lengths.
> >
> > I'm looking for Ideas of what I can do with some tetrahelix's, and octet
> > truss spaceframe chunks.
> >
>  How about a 'space-frame tree' with random branching?
> 
> - Nekar

There are only certain places where it can branch, and look good.  Tree
was my first thought too, but then I discovered a math mistake that took
me a while to track down.  Maybe if I mixed things up with some
octahedrons.  
-- 
Dan Johnson 

http://www.geocities.com/zapob

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