Suggest new features for Stella.
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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
Improved net-spacing for printing
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Last post by Geometry is Sound
Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:34 pm
Fixed Polychoron Slicing
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Last post by senkoquartz
Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:35 pm
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Last post by robertw
Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:09 am
Truncation Rotation
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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
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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
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Last post by robertw
Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:08 pm
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Last post by robertw
Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:27 am
Curved Shapes
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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
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Last post by robertw
Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:43 am
spherical models
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
Show coplanar edges in net printouts
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Last post by robertw
Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:22 am
Cross-sections
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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
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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
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
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Last post by indigotwilight
Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:51 am
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
Eliminate lighting effects
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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
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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.
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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
Tabs?
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by
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
Faceting for Polychora
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by
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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