08-26-2010, 08:07 AM
(08-25-2010, 07:22 PM)Lavazza Wrote: 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 largeBut 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
It was, and you're right of course, it's wrong. It occurred to me after my post that I'd fallen into the other trap. Ah well, it remains a mystery for now.
Thanks for the effort!
3D Sunset
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.