Suggest new features for Stella.
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Welcome!
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robertw » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:13 am
Welcome to the Stella Feature Request Forum!
This is the place to suggest that feature you've always wanted. If you're not sure whether it's...
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Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:13 am
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Better rendering of infinite duals
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senkoquartz » Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:36 pm
Here are two issues with how the duals of hemipolyhedra look in Stella:
1) They are usually cut off after a very short distance, often failing to...
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Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:13 pm
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Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:35 pm
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Category 26
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ndl » Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:08 am
Category 26 from Bower's webpage seems to be totally missing from the Stella4D library. I created the verfs of first 2 (1462 and 1463) very easily by...
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Last post by ndl
Mon Oct 05, 2020 4:22 pm
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Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:09 am
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Truncation Rotation
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Jabe » Thu May 01, 2008 5:44 am
Many years ago I played with something that I call truncation rotation - see the following pic:
What it does is start with a polyhedron and...
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Last post by robertw
Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:08 pm
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More faceting criteria
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metachirality » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:11 pm
A faceting criterion to exclude non-tame polyhedra (no three edges which meet at a vertex are coplanar) and a faceting criterion to exclude any...
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Last post by metachirality
Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:00 pm
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Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:08 pm
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Last post by robertw
Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:27 am
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Curved Shapes
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ndl » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:40 am
It would be great if there was a option to smooth out certain edges in order to create curved shapes. The two adjacent faces could be considered one...
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Last post by robertw
Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:50 am
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Last post by robertw
Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:43 am
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spherical models
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gazza » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:51 pm
How about building in some M.Wenninger's spherical models into the library ☺
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Last post by gazza
Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:00 pm
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Augmenting with polyhedra
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ndl » Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:39 am
Could there be a way to choose which matching face of existing polyhedron is used for augmentations? Often I find I want to use a different one than...
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Last post by ndl
Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:07 am
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my vote for feature request
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Robin Adair » Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:09 pm
I definitely vote to have an option to eliminate 3d lighting. When attempting to custom color a model, it is a bit of a nuisance. For example, if I...
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Last post by robertw
Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:13 am
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Zometool
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ndl » Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:14 pm
I really love Stella and Zometool, so it would be even better together! Would there be a way to make a zometool style for the edges (like the...
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Last post by ndl
Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:39 pm
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Plane tilings
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guy » Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:32 am
Would it be possible for Stella to explore plane tilings as well as polyhedra?
There seem to be two approaches to tiling:
Symmetries (e.g....
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Last post by guy
Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:32 am
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Truncation of Polyhedra
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RobertLovesPi » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:10 am
Pretty self-explanatory. This added function would let you make truncations at every vertex of the polyhedron on the screen. The truncation-plane...
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Last post by guy
Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:14 pm
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Compound of 2 Icosahedra
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jos smits » Fri Oct 31, 2014 3:32 pm
Just bought Great Stella4D. Happy to join the club of symmetrists. Having built quite a few models over the past years I am ready to tackle the...
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Last post by jos smits
Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:40 pm
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Move Part of Compound Feature
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Jabe » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:53 am
One feature that would be quite useful would be the ability to rotate and move a part of a compound. This could be used to produce interesting...
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Last post by Jabe
Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:53 am
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Show coplanar edges in net printouts
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EricRegener » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:53 pm
The option 'Show edges gives a really nice looking visualization. I like viewing the edges that are coplanar with star faces. In the models I made...
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Last post by EricRegener
Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:51 am
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Favourites List
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Peter Kane » Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:24 pm
I'd like a favourites list (like mo stella). I don't use this feature much in other apps, but would find it handy when going on a magical mystery...
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Last post by robertw
Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:49 am
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4d export
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JMZuazola » Thu May 30, 2013 1:03 pm
Hi, a feature that I want is a 4d off file generator.
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Last post by JMZuazola
Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:59 pm
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4D Augment
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Major Mayhem » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:55 pm
I would like to request an augment function for 4D polytopes.
Thanks.
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Mon May 20, 2013 10:33 pm
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Quick Color Chooser
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Nordehylop » Wed May 15, 2013 12:12 am
Just getting back into paper modeling, and thought of what I think would be a very useful feature.
The coloring tools are currently usable, but a...
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Last post by robertw
Thu May 16, 2013 11:19 am
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3D Export feature
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jsergeant » Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:29 am
I would love is the ability to 'batch export' multiple 3d objects based on the current 4d rotation setting. Perhaps an option for how many mesh...
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Last post by robertw
Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:29 pm
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Schoenflies Notation
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polymorphic » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:59 am
Hi Rob,
Since this came up over at the Antiprism forum I thought I'd put it here. Other Stella users might want to comment on showing Schoenflies...
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Last post by robertw
Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:50 am
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Feature Request - 2D Net Export
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handplane » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:28 am
I'd like to see a File > Export Net... command. This would allow you to choose a file type (DXF, AI, etc) and write the 2D nets, with separate layers...
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Last post by handplane
Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:28 am
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Angles of edges
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boomfiziks » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:40 am
Hello. I am new to using Stella 4D. One of the main reasons I got the program was to help me to create wooden models of the shapes. I do a fair...
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Last post by robertw
Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:12 pm
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Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:22 am
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Cross-sections
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pbrants » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:31 pm
In 3D it should be possible to see half of the model on one side of the section (which side also being possible to select) in solid, while the other...
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Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:53 am
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Import and export off-files
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pbrants » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:35 pm
If I import an off-file in stella and then export the model immediately without changing any orientation, the coordinates of the vertices in the...
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Last post by robertw
Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:52 am
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Split facets in coplanar faces
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indigotwilight » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:07 am
I've stumbled upon this little chestnut a couple of times now. I load up (or create a model) in stella and go to view and print nets, and the nets...
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Last post by indigotwilight
Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:07 am
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Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:51 am
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4D Dual-morphing
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by David » Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:15 am
Hi! I'm new here. I like polytopes, and stella program! :)
I have idea for 4D dual-morphing.
4D morph by truncation method is...
parent ->...
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Last post by robertw
Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:33 pm
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Eliminate lighting effects
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Peter Kane » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:19 am
Would it be possible to turn off the lighting effects, so that colours are not changed as the polyhedron rotates ? Being red-green colourblind, I see...
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Last post by guy
Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:30 pm
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Colouring Snubs
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Ulrich » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:15 pm
Stella has some great features to do the colour arrangements for e.g. dodecahedral or icosahedral symmetries.
If you try to colour the snub...
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Last post by Ulrich
Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:38 pm
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Change colour of printed net lines.
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Gronkling » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:03 pm
Sometimes I want to print on very dark paper but it is very hard to see the black lines on it. If I was using navy blue paper, for example, I would...
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Last post by robertw
Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:20 am
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Tabs?
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robertw » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:43 pm
Currently Stella doesn't print tabs on nets. Do people think it's important that tabs should be printed?
The FAQ has the following:
Q: Are tabs...
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Last post by guy
Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:41 pm
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Faceting for Polychora
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Jabe » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:44 pm
One feature I would like to see is the ability to facet a polychoron - One project I would like to do is generate the vertex figures of the polytera...
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Last post by robertw
Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:17 pm
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Creating convex polychora from vertices
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Jabe » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:32 am
Stella4D is a great program 8) - One feature I would like to see added is the ability to generate a convex polychoron, by using only the vertices -...
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Last post by Jabe
Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:37 am
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Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:54 am
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Searching for stellations
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Ulrich » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:29 am
Robert,
I would be very thankful, if I could activate cells directly in the face
view window. Or if the lines in the stellation diagram view would...
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Last post by Ulrich
Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:29 am
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My Reccommendations
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Nordehylop » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:56 pm
I have been using Great Stella for a while (about 6 months or so) now, and I absolutely love it. Since I use it a lot, though, I have found a few...
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Last post by robertw
Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:40 am
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Schlegel Diagrams
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MBRosenberg » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:16 pm
Is there a feature of 4D Stella that allows the user to see the Schlegel digram of a particular 4D model? If so, can the user shift which cell is...
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Last post by robertw
Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:46 pm
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Dual colors
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Dinogeorge » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:33 pm
I could use a color dual compound same option in Stella4D for coloring dual compounds: color the components of the dual compound the same colors as...
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Last post by robertw
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:15 am
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Funny pointer
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Dinogeorge » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:28 am
Hey, Rob--
Every so often when I start up Stella4D I find the cursor in this really annoying mode where it looks like a pair of crossed double...
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Last post by Dinogeorge
Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:52 pm
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Stella wizard?
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robertw » Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:21 pm
These feature requests were mentioned in a post on the Reviews and Testimonials forum :
* I think it would be good to have a 'quick start' or...
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Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:21 pm
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:25 am
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Polytope compound generation
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Jabe » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:42 am
Another idea would be to make a 'duplicate object by rotation about the center' feature - for example: Lets say you wanted to make a compound of 5...
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Last post by Jabe
Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:00 am
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