Message #2738

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] {3,3,6} crystal cube
Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 12:59:04 -0700

Great! The effect only works if it can be taken all the way to the
edges. I don’t think I would want to do it if it had to end more than .5
millimeter from the edges, which would appear as 1 mm gaps.

-Melinda

On 5/8/2013 8:31 AM, Roice Nelson wrote:
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> Yes, that will be very cool! I will make the STL model this evening,
> which will be quick since I already have code to load your VRML file.
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> I don’t know how close they’ll let us engrave toward the edges, but we
> can ask them to get as close as possible and see how it goes! They’ve
> started sending proofs before they actually engrave anything, so it
> should be easy to look at that and decide if the effect you’re
> describing will work well or not.
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> Roice
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> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Melinda Green
> <melinda@superliminal.com <mailto:melinda@superliminal.com>> wrote:
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> Gorgeous, Roice!
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> Ooh, the reflections give me an idea. It should be possible to
> embed one snub cube from the {3,8}b IRP so that the square
> openings exactly touch the surface, and the reflections should
> produce the infinite tiling. Can you help me order one?
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> -Melinda
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> On 5/7/2013 9:28 PM, Roice Nelson wrote:
>> Hi All,
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>> When I ordered Ed’s MC4D crystal cube, I also ordered another
>> using a model I made of the {3,3,6} H3 honeycomb. This is the
>> dual honeycomb to the one Andrey’s MHT633 puzzle is based on, and
>> it has come up a few times in discussions here. It turned out
>> nice, and I thought some of y’all would enjoy pics.
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>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/112844794913554774416/posts/RxUw1Z98Mo1
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>> If anyone wants one, let me know, and I’ll get you info on how to
>> order one!
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>> Cheers,
>> Roice
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