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polygon - polygon based polyhedra

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Usage

Synopsis

polygon [options] num_sides

Description

Make polyhedra based on polygons - polygons, prisms, antiprisms, pyramids and dipyramids.

Options

num_sides
number of sides of the polygon base

-h
program help

-t <type>
polyhedron type, can be polygon, prism (default), antiprism, pyramid or dipyramid. Type can be abreviated to three letters.

-e <edge>
edge length of polygon (default: 1)

-l <hgt>
height (default is radius of polygon for prism, antiprism and pyramid, diameter for dipyramid, and 0 for polygon)

-o <file>
write output to file, if this option is not used the program writes to standard output

Examples

A cube with edges of 2 units
   polygon -t pri -e 2 -l 2 -o cube.off 4
A hexagonal based pyramid
   polygon -t pyr -o hex_pyramid.off 6

Notes

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Packinon Documentation 14.6.2005 - http://packinon.sourceforge.net/