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Last post by robertw « Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:13 am

by 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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Last post by robertw
Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:13 am
Better Navigation

Last post by Gordon « Tue May 27, 2025 4:32 am
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by Gordon » Tue May 27, 2025 3:58 am

Implement Fly mode (possibly in place of zooming, which would become redundant). That is, Right-mouse drag results in unlimited linear motion forward...

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Last post by Gordon
Tue May 27, 2025 4:32 am
Transparent backgrounds in exported images

Last post by robertw « Tue May 27, 2025 4:18 am
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by Gordon » Tue May 27, 2025 3:25 am

(Now that there's the wonderful prospect of a new version soon!)

It would be very helpful to be able to export images with a transparent background....

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Last post by robertw
Tue May 27, 2025 4:18 am
Improved net-spacing for printing

Last post by robertw « Mon May 20, 2024 4:19 am
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by _Geometer » Sun May 19, 2024 10:36 pm

A few times when I've gone to print nets for new models, I've had to do some weirdness with net-spacing to save paper, usually a color I have very...

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Last post by robertw
Mon May 20, 2024 4:19 am
Add Truncated Trapezohedra

Last post by robertw « Mon Jun 19, 2023 1:08 pm
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by Julius » Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:55 am

Hello.
I've purchased Stella4D 1 year ago.
I want to request the addition of the Truncated Trapezohedra. All with regular faces.
These polyhedra...

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Last post by robertw
Mon Jun 19, 2023 1:08 pm
math/latex symbols

Last post by robertw « Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:34 am
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by platonic » Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:21 am

Would very much like to be able to add math/latex symbols in text associated with verices, edges, faces, etc. as I already use them (or substitutes,...

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Last post by robertw
Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:34 am
4D symmetry groups

Last post by H A M « Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:22 pm
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by Mulliganaceous » Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:09 pm

For 4D, although the program is able to distinguish cells, faces, edges, and vertices by type, it still hasn't given the option to display (let alone...

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Last post by H A M
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:22 pm
GPU Support

Last post by robertw « Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:53 am
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by Mulliganaceous » Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:03 pm

I recently purchased a new laptop with an NVIDIA Geforce GPU.
Does Stella support GPU acceleration? This would be tremendously useful for performing...

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Last post by robertw
Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:53 am
Category 26

Last post by Mulliganaceous « Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:04 pm
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by 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 Mulliganaceous
Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:04 pm
equalize only some edge lengths

Last post by robertw « Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:42 pm
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by ThePokemonkey123 » Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:27 am

i've been doing lots of study into polyhedra with skew faces, specifically uniform polyhedra with skew faces.
in this quest i'm often tasked with...

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Last post by robertw
Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:42 pm
make stella4d open source

Last post by robertw « Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:11 pm
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by H A M » Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:42 pm

benefits of making stella4d free and open source:
anyone can use, copy, modify, and distribute stella4d
anyone can contribute to stella4d,...

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Last post by robertw
Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:11 pm
Type in precise values to morph between duals percentage

Last post by Geometry is Sound « Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:34 pm
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by Geometry is Sound » Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:49 pm

:)

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Last post by Geometry is Sound
Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:34 pm
Fixed Polychoron Slicing

Last post by H A M « Sun May 22, 2022 8:41 pm
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by _Geometer » Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:06 pm

Sometimes, slicing a polychoron to certain depths (usually where vertices are found) and setting that section to the base model will result in it...

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Last post by H A M
Sun May 22, 2022 8:41 pm
4D Zonochorification

Last post by H A M « Sun May 22, 2022 8:39 pm

by H A M » Sun May 22, 2022 8:39 pm

Zonohedrification can generalize into any dimension except 0D, add it in the next update.

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Last post by H A M
Sun May 22, 2022 8:39 pm
Better rendering of infinite duals

Last post by guy « Mon May 09, 2022 12:39 pm
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by 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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Last post by guy
Mon May 09, 2022 12:39 pm
Restricted Stellation

Last post by robertw « Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:07 am
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by _Geometer » Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:04 pm

Is it possible to include a feature that restricts stellation planes to the area inside existing faces? For example, this feature could stop a small...

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Last post by robertw
Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:07 am
More correspondence between faceting and stellation criteria options

Last post by senkoquartz « Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:35 pm
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by senkoquartz » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:53 pm

Since stellation and faceting are dual processes of each other, it makes sense that if a faceting criteria is available, its dual stellation criteria...

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Last post by senkoquartz
Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:35 pm
Add sidditsphit and gidditsphit

Last post by robertw « Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:09 am
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by Mecejide » Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:52 pm

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Last post by robertw
Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:09 am
Truncation Rotation

Last post by robertw « Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:08 pm
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by 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
More faceting criteria

Last post by metachirality « Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:00 pm
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by 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
Ability to facet vertex figures/edge facet

Last post by robertw « Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:08 pm
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by metachirality » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:16 pm

I think it would be pretty useful if you can facet vertex figures, or have a faceting which retains the edges of a polytope.

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Last post by robertw
Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:08 pm
Ability to change default autocolor scheme

Last post by robertw « Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:27 am
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by metachirality » Sat Dec 21, 2019 8:05 pm

The autocolor color scheme is a bit of an eyesore I don't see a way to change it. My only other option is to change colors manually which is tedious...

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Last post by robertw
Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:27 am
Curved Shapes

Last post by robertw « Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:50 am
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by 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
all edges of equal length

Last post by robertw « Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:43 am
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by Ulrich » Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:29 pm

Robert,

Is there a trick to trim all edges to the same length?

Ulrich

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Last post by robertw
Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:43 am
spherical models

Last post by gazza « Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:00 pm
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by 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
Augmenting with polyhedra

Last post by ndl « Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:07 am
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by 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
my vote for feature request

Last post by robertw « Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:13 am
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by 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
Zometool

Last post by ndl « Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:39 pm
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by 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
Plane tilings

Last post by guy « Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:32 am

by 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
Truncation of Polyhedra

Last post by guy « Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:14 pm
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by 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
Compound of 2 Icosahedra

Last post by jos smits « Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:40 pm
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by 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
Move Part of Compound Feature

Last post by Jabe « Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:53 am

by 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
Show coplanar edges in net printouts

Last post by EricRegener « Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:51 am
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by 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
Favourites List

Last post by robertw « Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:49 am
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by 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
4d export

Last post by JMZuazola « Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:59 pm
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by 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
4D Augment

Last post by JMZuazola « Mon May 20, 2013 10:33 pm
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by 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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Last post by JMZuazola
Mon May 20, 2013 10:33 pm
Quick Color Chooser

Last post by robertw « Thu May 16, 2013 11:19 am
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by 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
3D Export feature

Last post by robertw « Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:29 pm
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by 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
Schoenflies Notation

Last post by robertw « Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:50 am
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by 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
Feature Request - 2D Net Export

Last post by handplane « Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:28 am

by 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
Angles of edges

Last post by robertw « Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:12 pm
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by 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
Some suggestions (obj import, 64bit, display all stellations

Last post by robertw « Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:22 am
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by indigotwilight » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:15 pm

I've been playing around with stella4d for a good few days now, and am thoroughly enjoying the software. Building new polyhedra is quite simple, and...

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Last post by robertw
Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:22 am
Cross-sections

Last post by robertw « Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:53 am
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by 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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Last post by robertw
Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:53 am
Import and export off-files

Last post by robertw « Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:52 am
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by 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
Split facets in coplanar faces

Last post by indigotwilight « Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:07 am

by 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
Ability to EXPORT an ANIMATION of 3d and 4d rotations

Last post by indigotwilight « Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:51 am
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by Rafao » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:58 am

I have used stella4d for many years now. I was wondering if ability to export an animation of 3d and 4d rotations, so I wouldn’t have to use a...

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Last post by indigotwilight
Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:51 am
4D Dual-morphing

Last post by robertw « Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:33 pm
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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
Eliminate lighting effects

Last post by guy « Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:30 pm
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by 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
Colouring Snubs

Last post by Ulrich « Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:38 pm
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by 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
Change colour of printed net lines.

Last post by robertw « Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:20 am
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by 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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