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Polyhedron plotting programs
Demo versions of all applications are available from this site (see individual programs below). These have only a few example data files, no other data files can be loaded into them, or any file saved from them, but you can try all the features on the screen.!PolyDraw
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| Wire Plot | Red/Green stereo |
Single colour shaded |
Colour by no. of sides of polygon face |
Data may be saved for the ray tracing program POVRAY, where you can download the RISCOS version. If you are using a PC then you should start from the official POVRAY site.
and shaded images with shadows like this made later.
Click here to see some !Polydraw examples.
A demo version may be downloaded from here (size 397K)
PolyDraw is no longer marketed because all of its functionality is included in !PolySymm.
!PolyNet
interactive creation of a planar net from a polyhedron data file. There are 33 data files supplied, including all the Platonic and Archimedean Solids and their duals, (identical to those supplied with !PolyDraw). The net may be saved, with or without tabs, to a Draw file. The faces can be coloured and decorated with the user's clip art before printing the net, cutting it out and making it into a 3D model.
Click here to see some !Polynet examples.
A demo version may be downloaded from here (size 130K)
!PolySymm
interactive investigation of the symmetries of polyhedra. There are 140 data files supplied, including all the Platonic and Archimedean Solids, their duals, and the Johnson solids (identical to those supplied with !PolyDraw). The polyhedron can be displayed in all the ways available in !PolyDraw and selections made on classes of symmetries. Results may be saved to a Draw file, printed or as PolyData including a block of information on the symmetries.
A demo version may be downloaded from here (size 456K)
Extra Data Discs
(You will need a copy of the applications !PolyDraw or !PolyNet to use these)
All have a set of Draw files showing all the polyhedra on A4 size pages
- Disc 1
The duals of the Johnson Solids (92 files + 92 revised Johnson solids), created by Paul Gailiunas.
click here to see four examples (8K)
Four of the solids had their definitions revised on 10 July 2001; click here to download the updates (4.1K). - Disc 2
Stellations, compounds, space fillers, mostly created by G.Inchbald with some from Fortran Friends (76 data files).
click here to see some examples (34K) - Disc 3
The 59 Icosahedra; in addition to the Polydata for PolyDraw/Polynet, this disc contains the data file for !Stellate, some explanation of the naming scheme as defined in the 3rd edition of the booklet
The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra
by Coxeter et al, newly typeset by 'Fortran Friends' with Draw files showing all 59 stellations.
A few errors have been found in these diagrams, click here, to download the revised pages.
Special offer with this disc you have an option to buy a copy of the 3rd edition of the booklet, published January 1999, by Tarquin Publications, now marketed by Tarquin Books.
- Disc 4 (The large amount of data requires
this disc to be High Density).
All the non-convex uniform polyhedra and their duals (106 data files) to complement the convex uniform polyhedra which are standard with !PolyDraw.
click here to see some examples (31K)
Versions 3.21 of !PolyDraw and 1.15 of !PolyNet are needed to use all of these.
!Stellate
interactive creation of uniform polyhedra their stellations, duals and other polyhedra which can be made from up from 3 components using stellation diagrams and stored inter-planar angles. The program comes supplied with more than 120 pre-stored models, click here to see them; you can either edit these or create your own entirely new ones. The resulting polyhedra may be saved in several formats, for later use in !Draw, !Stellate, !PolyDraw or !PolyNet.
The process of stellation is explained here.
A demo version may be downloaded from here (size 603K).
Table to help you decide which program you want
| PolyDraw | PolyNet | Stellate | PolySymm | |
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| Current version | 3.29 | 1.21 | 2.20 | 4.03 |
| Feature | display any polyhedron | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| display uniform polyhedron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| view 3d solids coloured/shaded | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| view planar nets | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| create planar net from a 3d solid | No | Yes | No | No |
| add tabs to a planar net | No | Yes | No | No |
| has tools pane | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| measure angles and distances | Yes | No | No | No |
| find and display symmetries | No | No | No | Yes |
| print results directly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| save Draw file of 3d solid | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| save Draw file of stellation diag. | No | No | Yes | No |
| save Draw file of planar net | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| save PolyData | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| save POVscene | Yes | No | No | No |
| save Stellation data | No | No | Yes | No |
| create duals uniform polyhedra | No | No | Yes | No |
| display dual if present in data | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| create stellated 3D solids | No | No | Yes | No |
| works also in RISCOS 5 (32-bit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| memory needed to run program (K) | 436 | 432 | 544 | 560 |
| disk space needed for program (K) | 550 | 195 | 173 | 620 |
| disk space for documents (K) | 128 | 127 | 550 | 115 |
In preparation
More polyhedra data files for use with !PolyDraw or !PolyNet; let us know what you want.PRICES
We sell the polyhedra plotting programs for £20 each (Polysymm is £30), with a discount of £5 per program for all subsequent programs bought at the same time.
For example:
Price for any one of !PolyDraw, !PolyNet, !Stellate: £20
Price for two, usually !PolyDraw and !PolyNet: £35
Price for all three (!Stellate, !PolyDraw, !PolyNet): £50
The additional data discs are £10 per disc of about 100 polyhedra and the
set of A4 pages of draw files showing all the polyhedra collected together.
Special offer When you buy disc 3,
which contains the data files to draw all the 59 icosahedra using
!PolyDraw/PolyNet or !Stellate,
normal price £10, you can have a copy of the 3rd edition of the booklet
The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra for an additional £5 (Tarquin price £6.95),
(Total cost, Disc 3 and the booklet £15).
Postage and packing are included for destinations in the UK. Please add £1
for postage to European Union countries and £2 elsewhere.
Click here for an order form.
Updates to the most recent version (registered users only)
Updates are free via the Internet.
For updates by snail mail return your original program disc with £2
to receive the latest version, £3 for users outside the UK.
High Density Discs
We normally distribute one program per double density disc in the UK; we can
get two programs on a single high density disc, which saves us postage.
Please let us know if you cannot read high density (HD) discs when you send
your order.
Please note that payments should be sent with your order and made in pounds sterling.
Cheques should be made payable to ‘Fortran Friends’ and sent to:
Fortran Friends.
We can be contacted by email or phone here.
Page last updated 31 December 2009
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