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Re: Problem:a texture on only one face of a Polyhedron

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  • Subject: [mg122897] Re: Problem:a texture on only one face of a Polyhedron
  • From: Roger Bagula <roger.bagula at gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:09:50 -0500 (EST)
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I got my texture onto the icosahedron by shifting the stuff
around until it worked, LOL.
Gets my own texture on it and different views,
still no texture output to 3ds, but it is progress...
It would be really nice
 if somebody  documented
how these "macros" work
( at least in the help file)?
Roger Bagula

gm = ExampleData[{"ColorTexture", "WhiteMarble"}];
v = {{0, 0, -(5/Sqrt[50 - 10 Sqrt[5]])}, {0, 0,
    5/Sqrt[50 - 10 Sqrt[5]]}, {-Sqrt[(2/(5 - Sqrt[5]))],
    0, -(1/Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])}, {Sqrt[2/(5 - Sqrt[5])], 0,
    1/Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]}, {(1 +
       Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]), -(1/2), -(1/
       Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])}, {(1 +
       Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]),
    1/2, -(1/
       Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])}, {-((1 +
         Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])), -(1/2),
    1/Sqrt[10 -
       2 Sqrt[5]]}, {-((1 + Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])), 1/2,
    1/Sqrt[10 -
       2 Sqrt[5]]}, {-((-1 + Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])), -(1/
        2) Sqrt[(5 + Sqrt[5])/(5 - Sqrt[5])], -(1/
       Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])}, {-((-1 +
         Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])),
    1/2 Sqrt[(5 + Sqrt[5])/(5 - Sqrt[5])], -(1/
       Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]])}, {(-1 +
       Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]), -(1/
        2) Sqrt[(5 + Sqrt[5])/(5 - Sqrt[5])],
    1/Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]}, {(-1 + Sqrt[5])/(2 Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]),
     1/2 Sqrt[(5 + Sqrt[5])/(5 - Sqrt[5])], 1/Sqrt[10 - 2 Sqrt[5]]}};
i = {{2, 12, 8}, {2, 8, 7}, {2, 7, 11}, {2, 11, 4}, {2, 4, 12}, {5, 9,
     1}, {6, 5, 1}, {10, 6, 1}, {3, 10, 1}, {9, 3, 1}, {12, 10,
    8}, {8, 3, 7}, {7, 9, 11}, {11, 5, 4}, {4, 6, 12}, {5, 11, 9}, {6,
     4, 5}, {10, 12, 6}, {3, 8, 10}, {9, 7, 3}};
g5 = Graphics3D[{Blue, Opacity[0.5], Specularity[White, 20],
   Texture[gm],
   GraphicsComplex[v,
    Polygon[i]], (Append[#1, {VertexTextureCoordinates ->
         With[{n = Length[First[#1]]},
          Table[1/2 {Cos[2 \[Pi] i/n], Sin[2 \[Pi] i/n]} + {1/2,
             1/2}, {i, 0, n - 1}]]}] &) /@
    Flatten[Normal[PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "Faces"]]]},
  Boxed -> False]




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