Re: [Visualpython-users] How to draw a polyhedron?

[Phlip <ppl...@om...>]

Phlip sez:

> I'm auditioning 3D graphics libraries, and need to demonstrate VPython
> showing an Archimedian Solid. I can't find an examples on the net; what's
> the most rudimentary one possible?

Here ya go:

from visual import frame, rate, convex

points = ( (0, 0.771, 0.257), (0.727, 0.257, -0.257), (
			0.364, 0.514, -0.514), (0, 0.257, 0.771), (
			-0.364, 0.514, 0.514), (-0.364, -0.514, -0.514), (
			0, -0.771, 0.257), (-0.727, -0.257, 0.257), (
			0.364, 0.514, 0.514), (0.727, -0.257, -0.257), (
			0.727, 0.257, 0.257), (0, 0.257, -0.771), (
			0.727, -0.257, 0.257), (-0.364, 0.514, -0.514), (
			-0.727, 0.257, 0.257), (0.364, -0.514, -0.514), (
			-0.727, -0.257, -0.257), (0, 0.771, -0.257), (
			0, -0.771, -0.257), (-0.727, 0.257, -0.257), (
			0, -0.257, -0.771), (0.364, -0.514, 0.514), (
			-0.364, -0.514, 0.514), (0, -0.257, 0.771), )

f = frame()
a = convex(color = (0.9,0.1,0.8), frame = f)

for t in points:
    a.append(pos = t)

while 1:
    rate(100)
    f.rotate(angle=0.01)


Next question - can we make it glass? ;-)

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