Virtual Models, MuPAD solid primitives and polyhedra

MuPAD Solid Primitives and Polyhedra

SurfaceSet Class

The SurfaceSet class is a very flexible tool for creating complex 3D objects polygon-based. In this and next examples we show examples created using SurfaceSet with various organization of mesh.

MuPAD

Truncated cuboctahedron.

Image obtained in MuPAD. We use here SurfaceSet class to create a complex 3D object.

JavaView

The same model in JavaView.

Note: declaration of mesh in this example does not force the mesh lines to be visible. Therefore, in JavaView some of the internal mesh lines are missing.

Important conclusion: while developing polyhedra, using SurfaceSet, we should develop faces plus additionally edges. This way we will obtain a model with strong edges (see examples in Waterman polyhedra section).