Surface of a Sphere
Surface of a Sphere
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I have an interesting modeling question. I need to create a sphere out of a bunch of circular plates. Essentially I have to stick a bunch of these plates of various diameters to the surface of a sphere then remove the spherical form leaving just the plates. Anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish this?






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Do you have any pictures, *.sld* or urls?
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Dan
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As far as mating the plates to each other, I can see several ways of going about it, but I do not know what you are trying to accomplish. If you are trying to have the largest size all touch and then fill in the gaps with smaller ones, I would start with a 20 sided die shape and put the largest on the points.
Eric
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Dan, that's a pretty crazy chandelier!
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