Nexorade...

TaffGoch

@simon le bon said:

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

I could not agree more.

-Taff

urgen

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museummaker

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.

TaffGoch

@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

jarynzlesa

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

olishea

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

TaffGoch

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

Fletch

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.

TaffGoch

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

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

-Taff

Ermin0s

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.

TaffGoch

@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.

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

-Taff