Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 12:02:26 -0800
From: Mary Robinette Kowal <maryrk-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: PUPT: dodecahedron followup


Remember my question about Baird's geometric shapes?  Well- it turns out
that his was a quadecahedron.  A fourteen-sided figure composed of
triangles.  

A dodecahedron is a twelve-sided figure composed of pentagons.  It's a
much more stable shape and, despite my best efforts, it is not possible
to cover it and have it be flexible.  The flexibility it has when it's
not covered is pretty minimal too.  The script/book is very specific
about a decahedron, so I settled with making it rigid and whipping it
around the space a lot.  When in all else fails, shake the dolly more.

-- 
Mary Robinette Kowal
Other Hand Productions
http://www.otherhandproductions.com


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