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From: mcooper@suna1.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: sphere generation
Message-ID: <23900004@suna1>
Date: 16 Feb 90 04:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: suna1.cs.uiuc.edu!mcooper    Feb 15 22:28:00 1990




I'm looking for a fairly simple algorithm to generate an approximate
sphere of radius r out of n polygons...

i.e. for n = 8, I'd get an octahedron(triangular faces).
     for n = 6, I'd get a cube, etc. etc...



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