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    • N Offline
      notareal
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      Taff, your work is truly inspirational.

      Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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        simon le bon
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        Dear Taff,
        I would like so much be a "big boss" just to feel the great pleasure to employ guys like you.
        Is there some big boss coming around? The best guys can be found here..

        a "little-to-no exposure" tv cameraman 😎 s

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        • TaffGochT Offline
          TaffGoch
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          @notareal said:

          Taff, your work is truly inspirational.

          Thank you, for writing such a gracious compliment.

          I know that you, in particular, can also appreciate that I used Kerkythea to render this model. Thanks for the knowledge I gleaned from the Kerky forum -- information you provided in your posts there. Without that, I would not have been able to figure out, on my own, how to use the abundance of settings available in KT.


          This render is a little better than those that I previously posted above. (Kerkythea; Path-tracing - Progressive; no Photoshop post-processing)

          -Taff


          Rotegrity springs

          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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          • TaffGochT Offline
            TaffGoch
            last edited by

            @simon le bon said:

            "...The best guys can be found here..."

            I could not agree more. 👍

            -Taff

            "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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              urgen
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              .....
              http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3140/an1296766540.gif

              http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3140/an1296766540.gif

              http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3140/an1296766540.gif
              ☀

              --pupil forever...------

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                museummaker
                last edited by

                • 👍 to the insanity.

                Years ago I helped re-assemble the Dymaxion House, it was a tension structure, all resting on one mast. Some see it as a precursor to the geodesic dome.

                http://www.yesterland.com/images-sidetrips/dymaxion_exterior2004.jpg

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                • TaffGochT Offline
                  TaffGoch
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Years ago I helped re-assemble the Dymaxion House,..."

                  What a rare opportunity!


                  For readers who may wish to pursue their own rendering ideas, here's the model:


                  Rotegrity_springs(public).skp

                  "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                    jarynzlesa
                    last edited by

                    I have always been fascinated with you works. 👍 👍 👍 to you and your projects.

                    http://www.vizualizaceschodiste.mypage.cz/

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                    • olisheaO Offline
                      olishea
                      last edited by

                      thats really cool taff. im really into geodesics these days! and this is why! beautiful! 👍

                      oli

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                      • TaffGochT Offline
                        TaffGoch
                        last edited by

                        Today, I posted the model to the Google 3D Warehouse • Rotegrity Springs

                        Rotegrity_springs(public).jpg
                        The posted version has been updated, to reflect the latest changes; to adjust/refine angles & follow-me paths. I'll keep the Warehouse edition updated, so you only have to look there for the latest changes (although, I think I've found all errors, and refined it as much as I can.)

                        -Taff

                        "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                          Fletch
                          last edited by

                          Oh, Taff, that's just BEAUTIFUL!
                          Thanks so much for sharing the model, if I get a chance to use/render it, I'll post back.

                          Fletch
                          Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                            TaffGoch
                            last edited by

                            Thanks, Fletch. You're gracious for saying that.

                            I'm currently playing with render-material variations, myself...

                            http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss233/taffgoch/Rotegrity_springs_2_copper_chrome.jpg

                            -Taff

                            "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                              Ermin0s
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                              Are all the edges of that nexdome the same length? i want to build this in real, but then with those long toothpicks for meat.

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                                TaffGoch
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                                @ermin0s said:

                                Are all the edges of that nexdome the same length? i want to build this in real, but then with those long toothpicks for meat.

                                All the "copper" springs are the same, and all the "silver" ones are the same.

                                Note, however, that the 3-way "splits" are NOT equal.  Since this is based on a 5-frequency geodesic tessellation of an icosahedron *(frequency 5v{1,4} to be specific,) * the three straight sections of the copper springs are different lengths.  The straight sections of the silver springs are of two lengths -- one in the center, with the two ends being the same.

                                **CORRECTION:  ** I forgot that my last refinement (the most problematic, time-consuming exercise)  was to make the three-angle subdivision for each spring EQUAL.  Therefore, the three lengths (chords)  between geodesic nodes, for each spring, are identical.  Note, however, that the two springs don't share the same chord lengths.  The silver chords are 0.2834, and the copper chords are 0.2523, when the radius of the sphere *(to the nodes) * is 1.0000.

                                http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss233/taffgoch/Rotegrity_Springs.gif

                                The CENTER of each coil corresponds with a "node" of the geodesic tessellation.

                                -Taff

                                "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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