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2001-12-25, 5:20 AM #1

Sdranni Ytra

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I have a conundrum; is it feasible to craft perfect such sectors(i.e. 4 surfaces of corresponding shape)?

2001-12-25, 5:28 PM #2

MikeC

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Sure - just do some math before you cleave.

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2001-12-26, 7:23 AM #3

Sdranni Ytra

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Ah... I see.
Thank you.
Though shouldn't quite a hefty bit of rotating be put into it, as well, seeing as each side has to be a perfect triangle. As I have apprehended this, the salient point is the degrees by which you rotate your subject.

2001-12-26, 4:58 PM #4

kyle90

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Go into Jed, go to Map Settings, Shapes, new sector shape : then pick tetrahedron. then go into the main window and click k. Although im going to send in a tutorial for making perfect polygons of almost any number of sides

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2001-12-28, 6:10 PM #5

Freelancer

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Take the dflt sector, cleave it diagonally, switch to side view, cleave diagonally, delete one of the two sectors you have, and viola, instant tetrahedron. From here on, use vertex editing to get the look you want.

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2001-12-29, 6:12 AM #6

Sdranni Ytra

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Ah... Thank you, all.
And the upcoming tutorials sound intriguing.

2001-12-29, 7:33 AM #7

MikeC

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There's already one you might check out. I think it was called perfect polygons.

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