The Joys of Polyhedral Surfaces

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The Joys of Polyhedral Surfaces

Post by albertpcarpenter » Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:33 am

Hi My name is Albert P. Carpenter and I love GreatStell 4D. I've had endless hours of joy creating with it in ways I never thought possible without it. Here are a few of my designs:

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Thank you very very much, Take Care, Albert

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Post by robertw » Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:11 am

Thanks Albert, glad you're enjoying it!

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Post by albertpcarpenter » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:02 pm

May I post images in your gallery or should I do it elsewhere?
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Post by albertpcarpenter » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:03 pm

Oh, and could I do that with animations and or tours
too? Albert

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Post by robertw » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:13 am

You're probably best just posting images and videos here in the forum as you did already. Maybe just keep posting to this thread.

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Post by albertpcarpenter » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:20 am

Here is an annular trefoil knot and a cylindrical trefoil knot I made with Great Stella.


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I'll put the Klein cube and a few other things up later...
Enjoy, Bert

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Post by albertpcarpenter » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:27 am

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There are just so many possibilities with Great Stella! Thanks again to Rob for an amazing program. These are a few GIFs of my recent work/play. Enjoy. Bert
and some more...

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Re: The Joys of Polyhedral Surfaces

Post by albertpcarpenter » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:37 am

I almost forgot here are 3 Klein bottle inspired structures...

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Here are a few more Klein surfaces:


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It might be better to provide a link to lots more models than to keep posting them here. So, if you like these please see these:

https://www.pinterest.com/Geotopian/_saved/

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