[Update REQ 6006]: Polyhedra (3D models)

[munzner at cs.stanford.edu]

> In some  of  the projects she sets for the students they use polyhedra.

> We need 3D models of these polyhedra 

> know of a program that will do this or a library of ready made 3D models of
> poyhedra in DXF or similar format which can be downloaded from the web or
> ftp sites?

http://www.li.net/~george/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html

is a truly lovely site. It's *exactly* what you want. He's got over
800 3D models in VRML format, complete with lots of images and
thorough background explanations. He's got it all! The subject
headings are: Platonic Solids, Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra, Archimedean
Polyhedra, Prisms and Anti-Prisms, Archimedean Duals, Quasi-Regular
Polyhedra, Johnson Solids, Pyramids, Dipyramids, and Trapezohedra,
Compound Polyhedra, Stellated Polyhedra, Compounds of Cubes, Convex
Deltathedra, Zonohedra, Nonconvex Uniform Polyhedra, Uniform Compounds
of Uniform Polyhedra, Stellations of the Icosahedron, Stellations of
the Rhombic Triacontahedron, and last but not least, Other Good Stuff.
There's even a section on making your own paper models. 

The VRML file format is the new Web standard for exchanging 3D
information. See http://rosebud.sdsc.edu/vrml (The VRML Repository)
for information about Mac viewers and converters to/from DXF format.

 -Tamara Munzner

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