Strange rendering anomaly in Great Stella
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:47 am
If I load the Heptagrammic Cuploid in polyhedron view I see a bowl with seven sides, each side with 5 faces, and a regular heptagon as its base.
If I display the Folding Net view the base is not rendered on the screen but the rest is. I have not hidden or unhidden any face. There is no net for the base of the bowl. The info panel tells me the object has 35 facelets. It seems to me the side's (7 * 5 = 35) faces comprise the polyhedron but the heptagonal base is not part of it, ie the model has a heptagonal hole in the middle.
1) Why is the base not considered part of the polyhedron?
2) Why does the base render in one view but not the other?
If I display the Folding Net view the base is not rendered on the screen but the rest is. I have not hidden or unhidden any face. There is no net for the base of the bowl. The info panel tells me the object has 35 facelets. It seems to me the side's (7 * 5 = 35) faces comprise the polyhedron but the heptagonal base is not part of it, ie the model has a heptagonal hole in the middle.
1) Why is the base not considered part of the polyhedron?
2) Why does the base render in one view but not the other?