Re: 3d von Koch

eNZedBlue wrote:

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>I've rendered some 3D Koch fractals out of cubes, octahedrons,
>tetrahedrons (stella octangula) and spheres here (scroll down to
>bottom):
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>http://www.enzedblue.com/KOchCROP/KochCropCircles.html
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>and here:
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>http://www.enzedblue.com/Images/KochCrystal.jpg
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>Unlike the regular 3D Koch these have a 2D Koch fractal silhoette when
>viewed from a 45 degree angle (pitch and yaw). The sphere-based one is
>the "Sphereflake".
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>Regards,
>Chris Hayton
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Your cube version is a variation of a von Koch four
with vertex cubes instead of face cubes as Lauwerier uses.
Your octahedron appears to be a face version.

As John Bailey points out there is more than
one way to "skin" von Koch.
Roger Bagula