Project Status Update

[phantomcranefly]

So, this entry is just for notes to myself, so that I have someplace to keep track of what I've done on my DCG final without having to a) have the right notebook with me or b) log into something distracting. (Although I'll still need to log in when I want to change it, but this is good enough.)

Comments

[3rdragon]

Is this something that people in Zambia will be able to see when you're done with it? Because it sounds awesome.

[phantomcranefly]

Assuming I can figure out how to put the animations in gif form, yes, definitely- part of the final project is making a webpage, so I can post the link here or on facebook or somewhere for you.

(You can already see an animation that someone else did here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_%28geometry%29 of a dodecahedron -> rhombicosidodecahedron -> icosahedron.)

[phantomcranefly]

And it's live! http://maven.smith.edu/~274a-aa/solids.html

I didn't end up making animations for the snub cube and snub dodecahedron after all, and the text is kind of wonky, but it's up. Bibliography to follow in the morning.

[3rdragon]

Ooh, very nice!

(One piece of concrit, if you want it: the animations would be easier to follow if you paused them at the final stage of truncation or expansion, just for a bit.)

I should show my mother. One of her work-study jobs in college was making cardstock models of Archimedean and Platonic solids. (Spellcheck, Archimedean is totally a word. Please shut up.)

[phantomcranefly]

Thanks!

Yeah, good point- if I continue working on this over Jterm, I'm definitely doing that first thing. I bet I can figure out how. :) Does it load all right for you? Smith's internet is so fast that I'm not sure how many animations/page is too many.

[3rdragon]

I think it should be fine. We're on Christmas break so my connection is better than usual, but we still have pretty slow internet over here, and I didn't notice any weirdness loading.