Polyhedra Viewer
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interactive math visualisation
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Polyhedra Viewer
Polyhedra Viewer: app to explore the relationships and transformations between various convex polyhedra.
polyhedra.tessera.li#polyhedra#convex polyhedron#wythoff construction#conway operators#geometry visualization
How HN took it
7 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, well-presented and informative
From 3 comments
Congratulations, lot of work put in a very well refined and presented page!
kelsolaar on HNIt's a treat. It's like a well-produced color mathematical atlas come to life.
lrc on HNThis is extremely informative and mesmerizing!
apexal on HN
Fun toy for understanding shape relationships
From 1 comment
I immediately tried to construct my favorite obscure polyhedron (the rhombic dodecahedron) and found I simply could not take the dual of the cuboctahedron! :P That aside, this is…
MrEldritch on HN
Objections
Catalan solids not included yet
From 1 comment
Unfortunately the Catalan solids aren't in there yet, because I wanted to focus on the regular-faced polyhedra for now! Perhaps in a future update :)
tesseralis on HN
Definition of uniform polyhedra is inaccurate
From 1 comment
This is fantastic, I love it! I've been looking for something like this. Your definition of "uniform" doesn't look quite right: It's not enough for the symmetry group to be…
yshklarov on HN
Requests
Keep shapes spinning with inertia after a swipe
From 2 comments
Is there any way to keep the objects spinning? It'd be nice if you gave them a flick and then they kept spinning under their own inertia.
grey-area on HNThe shapes remind me of chemistry, molecules, enzymes, proteins, viruses. I would add 1 thing only: physics to the interactions, so the shape will keep spinning after I swipe…
dosy on HN
Net export for printable paper models
From 1 comment
Excellent stuff!! It'd be great if you could flatten the shapes to printable A4 paper so kids can cut and build real models (and paint them, etc).
sgroppino on HN
Stellation and export features
From 1 comment
Really neat! 2 features which might cool: stellation and .obj export Iirc these things apply to 2d tilings also? I remember trying to do some esher-esque drawings using such…
mpax on HN
VR mode
From 1 comment
Wonderful. 1. Do you plan an open source licence for any of the underlying code? 2. Is the construction parametric or is it based on a large catalogue of the various polyhedra…
andybak on HN
Questions
Is the code open source?
From 1 comment
Wonderful. 1. Do you plan an open source licence for any of the underlying code? 2. Is the construction parametric or is it based on a large catalogue of the various polyhedra…
andybak on HN
Can operations be stacked?
From 1 comment
Wonderful. 1. Do you plan an open source licence for any of the underlying code? 2. Is the construction parametric or is it based on a large catalogue of the various polyhedra…
andybak on HN
Can models be exported as glTF?
From 1 comment
How would I export these shapes for use in threejs or other web based 3d display? Can they be exported as gltf format?
hguhghuff on HN
Alternatives named
Wythoff and Conway operator tools by a commenter (Unity)
From 1 comment
Wonderful. 1. Do you plan an open source licence for any of the underlying code? 2. Is the construction parametric or is it based on a large catalogue of the various polyhedra…
andybak on HN
Polyhedronisme
From 1 comment
Great work! Have you seen this one? https://levskaya.github.io/polyhedronisme/ Also, you have probably seen Wenninger’s books, but if not those are great.
jacobolus on HN
George Hart's virtual polyhedra
From 1 comment
Polyhedra Viewer: app to explore the relationships and transformations between various convex polyhedra. This has been a passion project of mine for the last six months (with…
tesseralis on HN