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- From: tomblin@ekfido.kodak.com (Paul Tomblin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,alt.3d,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,alt.design.graphics
- Subject: Re: The Old Golfball
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 13:03:04 -0500
- Organization: Tomblin Computer Consulting, Rochester, New York and Ottawa, Ontario
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- In a previous article, scrutnzr@inforamp.net (Jim May) said:
- >> >Well, one thing that I'm sure would make a huge difference is to
- >remember that
- >> >the dimples on a golf ball are on a hexagonal grid, not a square one.
- >>
- >
- >You are definitely on the right track, W.T., except that I would say that
- >it's the _points_ that make that pattern. Most of the modern golf balls
- >have a pattern where each dimple is surrounded by six others, _except_ at
- >certain main points, which have _five_. The main points are at the center
-
- That's what happens if you grid a sphere with a hexagonal grid. You get 5
- triangles/dimples/whatevers surround the ones that are on the corners of the
- icosahedron(?). Look at a geodesic dome, for instance.
-
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