08-25-2010, 07:22 PM
(08-25-2010, 06:11 PM)3D Sunset Wrote: Close, what I had in mind was actually attaching its tip to the apex of the pyramid. Thus, it would hang down perpendicular to the ground from the pyramid's center. This should have its sides touch two of the outer walls and its vertex should be at about the right height (I think).
Ok, I think I understand now...
Is this what you were aiming for?
if so, this is actually quite similar to the original idea of "projecting" the triangles on to the pyramid from a orthographic direction, and the same problem arises. It's a bit confusing to try these things out without us being physically together looking at the 3D pyramid on my screen, the back and forth nature of this dialog is not optimal. So the opportunity for distortion is large But the reason the stack of triangles appears to be shorter in the prior images is because they are rotated, bringing them slightly more in to a horizontal configuration (i.e. reducing it's global height in the Y axis). If they hang directly perpendicular from the apex, the triangles must then reach the "bottom" of the pyramid.
Lavazza