On Sunday, 6 August 2017 19.40.55 WEST Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Dear Fedora users,
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> Is there anyone that can help create a soccerball image using metapost?
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> Use exact coordinates as recommended in
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> http://www.hoist-point.com/soccerball.htm
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> I created one using gnuplot but it is just an approximation, the numbers are
> not correct. The picture can be found
> http://plotshare.com/index.ws/plot/166954608
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> It is not mathematically correct, I believe that using metapost it can be
> drawn more precise, but my skills are limited. If anyone can help with
> this, it is greatly appreciated.
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Antonio
I have never used metapost but using tikz I found this:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/269108/truncated-icosahedron-in-tikz
Lately I have been using tikz and I like the final result.
Regards,
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José Matos