nodename » Distributing Points on the Sphere

[September 19, 2008]

Filed under: ActionScript — @ 1:25 am — Tags: 3D, geometry

Distributing points on the sphere by electrostatic repulsion, ported from Bulatov’s C++ code.

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WOW ! I’ve been trying to do that for while now.
congratulations(for your work) and thanks for the link :)

Comment by nicoptere — September 19, 2008 @ 7:15 am
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