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update for "1-8sphc.dat"
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Date: 
Thu, 28 Sep 2000 04:14:15 GMT
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Let's try this again.....  :-P

[fx: chainsaw]
I'll just carve out this MIME stuff...
[/fx]

[fx: jackhammer]
...And I'll just insert this DAT file (as text) at the end here...
[/fx]

Thanks!  ;-)
Franklin

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|Travis,
|"Hmmm...  Let me check my notes..."  [1]
|Thanks!
|
|
|Steve,
|Please give this corrected version to the "primitives panel".
|Thanks!
|
|
|Thanks, again,
|Franklin
|
|
|[1] Bonus cookie if you can correctly identify this reference!  ;-)
|
|
|--- Travis Cobbs <tcobbs@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu> wrote:
|> Hi, I was looking at your 1-8sphc.dat primitive, and noticed something
|> you might want to change.  When I scaled it by .707 and then drew it
|> over my hi-res (48) tesselation of a sphere, I noticed that it had a lot
|> of area that fell slightly outside the sphere.  I looked in the file,
|> and I noticed that you were using .882 in places where I think you
|> wanted to use .866 (sqrt(0.75)).  You always use two .882s and a .707
|> together in a point.  If you do the following:
|>
|> .882^2 + .882^2 + .707^2
|>
|> you get 2.056.  This gives you a distance from <0,0,0> of 1.434.  If you
|> instead do this:
|>
|> .866^2 + .866^2 + .707^2
|>
|> you get 2.000 (1.999761, to be exact).  This of course gives you a
|> distance from <0,0,0> of 1.414, which is what you are looking for in a
|> sphere with radius 2^.5.



0 1/8 Sphere Cut Off
0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com)
0 Unofficial Primitive
0
0 COMMENT This figure is the intersection of
0 COMMENT   a)  one octant (1/8th) of a sphere
0 COMMENT       whose radius is "the square root of two"
0 COMMENT       (i.e. radius = 2^0.5) and whose focus (center)
0 COMMENT       is the origin point (0,0,0)
0 COMMENT and
0 COMMENT   b)  a cube whose length is "one" (i.e. box.dat)
0 COMMENT       and which has (0,0,0) and (1,1,1)
0 COMMENT       as opposing corners
0 COMMENT leaving only the sphere's surface.
0 COMMENT Each edge is circular and fits with a 1-4edge.dat.
0
3 16 .866 .866 .707 .866 .707 .866 .707 .866 .866
0
3 16 1 .707 .707 .866 .866 .707 .866 .707 .866
3 16 .707 1 .707 .866 .866 .707 .707 .866 .866
3 16 .707 .707 1 .707 .866 .866 .866 .707 .866
0
3 16 1 .924 .383 1 .707 .707 .866 .866 .707
3 16 1 .383 .924 1 .707 .707 .866 .707 .866
3 16 .924 1 .383 .707 1 .707 .866 .866 .707
3 16 .383 1 .924 .707 1 .707 .707 .866 .866
3 16 .924 .383 1 .707 .707 1 .866 .707 .866
3 16 .383 .924 1 .707 .707 1 .707 .866 .866
0
3 16 1 .924 .383 .924 1 .383 .866 .866 .707
3 16 1 .383 .924 .924 .383 1 .866 .707 .866
3 16 .383 1 .924 .383 .924 1 .707 .866 .866
0
3 16 1 1 0 1 .924 .383 .924 1 .383
3 16 1 0 1 1 .383 .924 .924 .383 1
3 16 0 1 1 .383 1 .924 .383 .924 1
0
5 24 .866 .866 .707 .866 .707 .866 1 .707 .707 .707 .866 .866
5 24 .866 .866 .707 .707 .866 .866 .707 1 .707 .866 .707 .866
5 24 .866 .707 .866 .707 .866 .866 .707 .707 1 .866 .866 .707
0
5 24 1 .707 .707 .866 .866 .707 1 .924 .383 .866 .707 .866
5 24 1 .707 .707 .866 .707 .866 1 .383 .924 .866 .866 .707
5 24 .707 1 .707 .866 .866 .707 .924 1 .383 .707 .866 .866
5 24 .707 1 .707 .707 .866 .866 .383 1 .924 .866 .866 .707
5 24 .707 .707 1 .707 .866 .866 .383 .924 1 .866 .707 .866
5 24 .707 .707 1 .866 .707 .866 .924 .383 1 .707 .866 .866
0
5 24 1 .924 .383 .866 .866 .707 .924 1 .383 1 .707 .707
5 24 .924 1 .383 .866 .866 .707 1 .924 .383 .707 1 .707
5 24 1 .383 .924 .866 .707 .866 .924 .383 1 1 .707 .707
5 24 .924 .383 1 .866 .707 .866 1 .383 .924 .707 .707 1
5 24 .383 1 .924 .707 .866 .866 .383 .924 1 .707 1 .707
5 24 .383 .924 1 .707 .866 .866 .383 1 .924 .707 .707 1
0
5 24 1 .924 .383 .924 1 .383 1 1 0 .866 .866 .707
5 24 1 .383 .924 .924 .383 1 1 0 1 .866 .707 .866
5 24 .383 1 .924 .383 .924 1 0 1 1 .707 .866 .866
0


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(...) Did I ever mention you should carry the decimals out to four places? Oops, sorry. Steve (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)

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