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Originally Posted by Dallidas  whats the difference between the to styles?(pictures please!  ) |
Hi Dallidas, this is an image of a quad dome . . . .
The only reason I could think of for using this particular type of dome is to add the detail needed for perspective, by way of framework to support the dome. Because the quads are simple in structure it would be easy to add framing . . in short order.
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Originally Posted by al3d nice Project man. love the idea of the geodesic sphere. you might get a better look if it was made with pipes then square metal doh. |
Cool idea but I think it would take me forever to build the framework in tube shape then add the glass in. My version of LW is limited to the amount of cool plug-ins everyone else has so design like that would take a long long time, unless you know of a shortcut.
The idea I got for the frame work came from here:
I thought it looks pretty cool.
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Originally Posted by aszazeroth Looks neat. Did not quite understand the pros and cons for either sphere faces layout. Personally I prefer the geodesic one, since you will not polar issues and from a stress (engineering point) I think equal elements are to prefer.
Keep up the good job ! |
I think it boils down to the framework if I wanted to add it.
The Quad dome would be really easy but the Tesselated version as Armondikov put it would be crazy to plot each edge.
@ The B5 Fan . . . the idea of the Hex dome is sick . . .
the link Armondikov posted is far out . . . I think I like that . . . .
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