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[0something0]

How about each tile being a triangle instead of a hexagon?

[Anaximander]

5 hours ago, 0something0 said:

How about each tile being a triangle instead of a hexagon?

Learn geometry and see why that's not gonna change much.

 

Shockerey has an answer on the previous page of this thread, do the rest on your own.

[Lethys]

6 hours ago, 0something0 said:

How about each tile being a triangle instead of a hexagon?

you do realize that the approximation of a sphere is done via a geodesic polyhedron made of triangles - a speciality is the Goldberg polyhedron made out of pentagons/hexagons which is a dual polyhedron of a geodesic sphere. So basically all tiles ARE triangles....

[Anaximander]

12 minutes ago, Lethys said:

you do realize that the approximation of a sphere is done via a geodesic polyhedron made of triangles - a speciality is the Goldberg polyhedron made out of pentagons/hexagons which is a dual polyhedron of a geodesic sphere. So basically all tiles ARE triangles....

Yes, but why not pizza-slice shaped triangles.

[Shockeray]

6 hours ago, CaptainTwerkmotor said:

Yes, but why not pizza-slice shaped triangles.

Too many calories, the planets would get overweight and collapse into black holes.

[Anaximander]

2 hours ago, Shockeray said:

Too many calories, the planets would get overweight and collapse into black holes.

But, what about KFC chickenwing shaped claims. I seen a bucket of KFC - many a times - it can fill perfectly to the brim with chickenwings.

[0something0]

20 hours ago, CaptainTwerkmotor said:

Learn geometry and see why that's not gonna change much.

 

Shockerey has an answer on the previous page of this thread, do the rest on your own.

I know that its still not going to make all perfect equilateral triangles because equilateral triangles only can form flat surfaces. But we won't have PENTAGONS sticking out like a sore thumb.

[Anaximander]

16 minutes ago, 0something0 said:

I know that its still not going to make all perfect equilateral triangles because equilateral triangles only can form flat surfaces. But we won't have PENTAGONS sticking out like a sore thumb.

A hexagon is 6 triangles. You can't avoid the pentagons regardless. 

[0something0]

1 hour ago, CaptainTwerkmotor said:

A hexagon is 6 triangles. You can't avoid the pentagons regardless. 

But if there are only triangles, the pentagonic triangles blend in.

[Anaximander]

1 hour ago, 0something0 said:

But if there are only triangles, the pentagonic triangles blend in.

...that's exactly the same. The angles are not enough, eventually, five triangles will end isoscelic and will form a pentagon. It's geodesic patterns, they work like that.

[Lethys]

3 hours ago, 0something0 said:

I know that its still not going to make all perfect equilateral triangles because equilateral triangles only can form flat surfaces. But we won't have PENTAGONS sticking out like a sore thumb.

Do the math. Goldberg polyhedrons are naturally made of 12 pentagons and hexagons which aren't the same size. You can't do without pentagons and with equal size of the hexes