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Updated forum!
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robertw » Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:53 pm
Welcome to the new-look forums!
After much difficulty, I finally managed to migrate this forum from phpBB2 to phpBB3. So what does this mean?
You...
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Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:53 pm
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Stella 5.4 has been released!
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robertw » Mon May 12, 2014 2:05 pm
Stella 5.4 has been released!
It's a free upgrade for existing Stella 5 users (use Check for Software Updates Now in the Help menu if it doesn't...
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Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:27 pm
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Welcome!
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robertw » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:37 am
Welcome to the Stella forum!
This is the place to talk about Stella. Ask how to perform certain tasks, present a new technique you've discovered...
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Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:37 am
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Dual polyhedron name
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zhiwang » Tue Oct 08, 2024 1:53 am
Hi,Robert,
I'm currently working on dual transformations of some polyhedral shapes, such as the Johnson solids below and a few other polyhedra....
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Last post by robertw
Tue Oct 08, 2024 2:03 am
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Faceting II
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fiveD » Sun Oct 06, 2024 1:39 am
Hi Robert,
I'm using the CTRL-Right click method of selecting polygons to perform some faceting. In the screenshot example, how is it possible to...
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Last post by fiveD
Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:47 am
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4OFF debug information
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tmo35 » Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:13 pm
Hello,
I have generated what should be a valid 4OFF file, however trying to open it within stella gives a popup with the text; 'CreateCells failed:...
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Last post by robertw
Tue Oct 01, 2024 3:06 pm
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Nets of large polyhedra
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Gokusa22 » Tue Oct 01, 2024 12:27 pm
Hello!
I love making large convex paper polyhedra models. So far i made the Archimedian and Catalan solids and also models for stI, gtI, ttI, etI,...
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Last post by robertw
Tue Oct 01, 2024 2:15 pm
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i need help
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Rico Liu » Thu Aug 29, 2024 9:12 am
I'm currently trying to create a truncated triakis tetrahedron. After applying the truncation function, the left side correctly displays the...
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Last post by robertw
Fri Aug 30, 2024 6:47 am
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Faceting Help
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fiveD » Sun Jun 23, 2024 1:24 am
Hello, I'm new to Stella4D and learning how to use it.
I'm struggling with how to perform faceting and hoping someone can share some screenshots or...
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Last post by robertw
Fri Aug 09, 2024 1:01 pm
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Selecting Issue
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ndl » Fri Jul 26, 2024 4:54 pm
Hi Robert,
I'm really having a challenge with Stella4d where I click on an item and the program selects a different item instead. I believe I posted...
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Last post by robertw
Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:14 am
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Tue Jun 18, 2024 3:38 pm
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Last post by platonic
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:07 pm
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Edge calculations not working.
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stav242 » Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:09 pm
Hi,
im performing the following..
create new `PLantonic / Icosahedron`
adjust `dual radius` to 5
change `poly / create geodesic sphere` - frequency...
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Last post by robertw
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:02 pm
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Small Stella back faces?
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SailorMike » Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:28 pm
I've just started using the program with a view to creating wooden models. What I'm trying to figure out at present is how to see the back faces . I...
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Last post by robertw
Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:46 am
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Problem with OFF files
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tmo35 » Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:56 am
Hello,
I apologize if there is something here I missed, but I really cannot figure out what is wrong with my OFF files.
Attempting to open them...
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Last post by tmo35
Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:31 pm
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Truncation animation
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gphillips » Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:13 pm
Can anyone step me through how to show a morphing animation of the truncation of a polyhedron. e.g. The truncation of an icosidodecahedron to from a...
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Last post by robertw
Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:57 am
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Stella Course?
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Polytopos » Mon May 29, 2023 11:03 pm
My recent question and Robert's answer to it led me to realize that there is such tremendous power and creative potential in Stella. I love polyhedra...
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Last post by robertw
Tue May 30, 2023 3:18 am
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Last post by robertw
Tue May 30, 2023 3:08 am
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Opening tour, Stella closes
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melograno » Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:44 pm
Hi there,
When I click to open my previously saved tour, Stella closes. NO matter if I try to open it from the tour folder or directly from Stella,...
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Last post by robertw
Mon May 01, 2023 2:51 am
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Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:29 am
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Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:12 am
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Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:52 pm
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Printing tiled poster
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Anselm » Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:16 am
I am using a printer and driver that is capable of tiling to make posters. Using Great Stella I use the Print Setup option to configure a multi-page...
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Last post by Anselm
Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:43 am
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Last post by robertw
Mon Dec 26, 2022 4:53 am
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Display single cell
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AngusB » Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:01 pm
Is it possible to display just a single copy of a stellation cell? I wish to 3D print individual cells and build up stellations, sometimes using...
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Last post by AngusB
Mon Dec 05, 2022 3:30 pm
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Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:49 pm
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Registration/settings not saved
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alexh » Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:25 pm
Hi,
A rather mundane question - I upgraded to Win 10 finally and now when I start Great Stella its asks for registration info every time. I tried to...
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Mon Dec 05, 2022 3:34 am
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Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:48 am
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4D
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robertw » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:51 am
Someone asked me to explain 4D, so I thought it would be better to do it here in a post for all to see.
We only have 3 spatial dimensions in our...
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Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:37 am
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Thu Nov 10, 2022 5:48 am
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Program Crashes Scaling Inradius
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wpthomps » Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:35 pm
Whenever I try to scale Archimedean solids by the inradius, Stella crashes.
I tried reinstalling Stella, but the problem remained.
My operating...
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Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:31 pm
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Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:33 am
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APNG
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H A M » Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:17 pm
APNGs are just animated PNGs without the tradeoffs of GIF, right? Also I want Stella4D to export an APNG directly.
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Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:17 pm
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Sat Sep 03, 2022 12:30 pm
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Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:37 am
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Stepping through stellations
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TomF » Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:12 pm
It's easy enough to step through the stellations of a base figure one at a time in Great Stella, but is it possible to move through them more...
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Last post by robertw
Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:29 am
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Coincident edges
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Gordon » Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:59 am
Does Great Stella coalesce vertices and edges that coincide? I have some OFF models for which it says there are more than two faces meeting at some...
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Last post by Gordon
Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:07 am
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Selecting issue
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ndl » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:54 pm
Hi,
I just got a new computer and installed Stella 4d with the same installer that I had before, but I'm having a new issue that when I try to...
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Last post by SamHb
Mon Aug 22, 2022 6:02 am
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Strange rendering anomaly in Great Stella
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Anselm » Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:47 am
If I load the Heptagrammic Cuploid in polyhedron view I see a bowl with seven sides, each side with 5 faces, and a regular heptagon as its base.
If...
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:45 am
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Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:17 pm
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Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:59 pm
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Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:46 am
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truncated sphere
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stav242 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:29 pm
Is there an option to truncate/chop off part of an object ?
ie, i only want half a sphere in the output file.
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Last post by robertw
Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:31 am
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exporting obj files.
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stav242 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:41 pm
im tying to export to obj, with each surface defined in the obj as a component.
i get what i need when i export with `spheres and cylinders` - but i...
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Last post by stav242
Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:25 pm
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Creating compounds
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Anselm » Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:16 pm
Is there a general method of creating compounds from its components?
We have several examples of the form 'compound of n polyhedrons , eg compound...
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Last post by robertw
Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:55 am
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Some help finding a specific net?
Replies: 9
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Philip » Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:25 am
Hello,
I'm interested in making the below polyhedra and having trouble finding the net in Great Stella. Is it correctly named?
I found what is...
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Last post by Philip
Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:14 pm
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Is the great icosahedron regular?
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Anselm » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:48 am
The great icosahedron is a Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron and so it is supposed to be regular. Regular means one of the most symmetrical polyhedra with...
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Last post by robertw
Sun Jun 12, 2022 5:52 am
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Resizing Pyramids?
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Philip » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:18 pm
Hi,
I can't figure out how to resize the Johnson Solid - Square Pyramid. What option do I use in the Scale menu?
Non-uniform Scale was the only one...
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Last post by Philip
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:08 am
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