On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Marshall Burns wrote:
> > I remember some time ago there had been a discussion on using Rapid
> > Prototyping equipment to produce 3D models of mathematical equations.
> > What i'm looking for is examples of these models in STL, IGES or VRML
> > format. Even if someone can point me to a web site where I can download
> > samples of these files will be appreciated.
>
> The pioneer in this area is Stewart Dickson. Check out
> http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/R_Proto_ref.html.
There's more than one pioneer in them thar woods. You might like to
contact Carlo Sequin as well, and try surfing the links at
The "sculpture" and "mathematical visualization" areas are probably
good places to look.
-Sheba
Bathsheba Grossman (831) 429-8224
Digital sculpture www.bathsheba.com
Creative prototyping www.protoshape.com
For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
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