polyhedron

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Make a dodecahedron (or a smaller regular polyhedron, or even a larger geodesic shape) with LEDs along the edges and LEDs and buttons (up / down?) at the vertices.

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  1. noun A solid bounded by polygons.

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  • Brush-shape is convex polyhedron defined by set of bounding planes. —  GameDev.Net
  • So, I want to create node which "produce" mesh which present this polyhedron. —  GameDev.Net
  • Points of intersection, which appear outside of polyhedron, will be removed. —  GameDev.Net
  • Results of Finite Element Analysis of CAD generated trabecular bone at various anatomical polyhedron to mimic bone rapid prototyping, a scaffold that is sites. optimized on several hierarchical levels • Strength, is greatly improved in all can be built. engineered architectures, providing greater mechanical integrity to the bone structure as a whole. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • · Create polyhedron net from selected polyline (base). —  Softpedia - Windows - All
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  1. Also polyedron; = French polyèdre = sp. polihedra = Portuguese polyedro = Italian poliedro, from Greek πολύεδρον, neuter of πολὑεδρος, with many bases, from πολὑς, many, + ἔδρα, seat, base.
 

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/pɑlɪˈhidrən/
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