On Sunday, 6 August 2017 19.40.55 WEST Antonio Olivares wrote:

> Dear Fedora users,

>

>

> Is there anyone that can help create a soccerball image using metapost?

>

> Use exact coordinates as recommended in

>

> http://www.hoist-point.com/soccerball.htm

>

>

> 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

>

> 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