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sphere with equally spaced holes
i'm trying to create a sphere with small holes in it that are equally spaced. in essence, i'm looking for a circular pattern but in 3 dimensions. any suggestions?
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you'll have to do a pattern of a pattern, similar to this golf ball.
dan
eltron's approach works, but the hard part will be getting the spaces actually even. my spherical geometry node seems to have expired . . .
what is the math for the solution for some number of features equally spaced on a sphere?
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redsoc,
corblimeylimey asked me about this and i'll try to offer some help. plus, you have a good handle.
fejes tóth is the man who first solved this problem.
this is a huge problem, and i am by no means came up with the solution to it. some things i must keep, but my macro leveraged the following.
it was solved in matlab by paul leopardi. if you have matlab it can be obtained, and used.