Time to generate the polyhedrons

July 1, 2024 1:48 PM

Polyhedra Generator
posted by slogger (10 comments total)

higher-order polyhedra with several hundred thousand vertices and a similar number of faces. However, anything above about 200k will start to test your patience when editing
...final generated polyhedra always has a maximum radius of 1 metre...
[some] non-standard operations such as Jitter (J), Wrinkle (W) and Inflate (I)
posted by HearHere at 2:03 PM on July 1

oh this is cool in a way that I am hilariously unequipped to fully appreciate
posted by DoctorFedora at 4:43 PM on July 1 [2 favorites]

They're just leaving money on the table by not having a "buy now" button!
posted by aubilenon at 4:44 PM on July 1 [4 favorites]

aubilenon: I'd actually found this while looking for things I could use for 3D printing.
posted by slogger at 5:17 PM on July 1

This is very cool. There used to be a desktop app called TopMod that had some similar functionality but one too many Mac OS upgrades and the app stopped working for me.

If you've made it this far into the thread, you may also like Polyhedra Viewer and Paper Models of Polyhedra.
posted by gwint at 5:47 PM on July 1

How do I number the sides and roll it?
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:52 PM on July 1

This is something my dog would play with.
posted by BlueHorse at 6:33 PM on July 1

Ok, so I made a thing. Now what?

It’s looking at me.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 6:50 PM on July 1

I got myself a cheap little 3d printer for my birthday last month, so this was a good opportunity to print a bumpy little triangulated smooth ec(1.0)ee cuboctahedron. It's a really satisfying object.
posted by moonmilk at 7:51 PM on July 1

Almost.
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 5:38 AM on July 2