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# Programs and Documentation

Antiprism Programs | General Documentation | Links

## Antiprism Documentation

### Programs

Display

- antiview - interactive OFF file viewer

Conversion

- off2pov - converts OFF files to POV format
- off2vrml - converts OFF files to VRML format
- off2m - converts an OFF file to LiveGraphics3D 'm' format
- off2crds - converts an OFF file to a coordinate file
- m2off - converts a LiveGraphics3D 'm' file to OFF format

Manipulation

- off_color - adds colours to an OFF file
- off_trans - transformations (rotations, translations, etc) of OFF files
- off_align - alignment of OFF files
- off_util - utilities for OFF files (orientation, merging, etc)
- planar - convert overlapping coplanar polygons into non-overlapping tiles

Reporting

- off_report - report of global measures (e.g. area, volume, centroid), maxima, and counts
- off_query - list element data
- off_normals - utility for working with normals

Generation

- conv_hull - convex hulls (using Qhull)
- pol_recip - polar reciprocals (duals)
- geodesic - geodesic spheres
- zono - zonohedra
- polygon - polygon based polyhedra (prisms, pyramids, etc)
- iso_delta - isohedral deltahedra
- iso_kite - isohedral kiteohedra
- conway - Conway Notation transformations
- poly_kscope - polyhedral kaleidoscope
- unitile2d - makes uniform tilings on a surface
- string_art - string figures
- lat_grid - lattices and grids with integer coordinates
- bravais - Bravais lattices
- lat_util - lattice utilities
- waterman - Waterman polyhedra
- n_icons - sphericon like polyhedra
- kcycle - kaleidocycle rings of polyhedron
- jitterbug - jitterbug transformation
- leonardo - Leonardo da Vinci style models
- poly_weave - weave based on a polyhedron
- canonical - canonicalize a polyhedron
- sph_rings - rings of points on a sphere
- sph_saff - spiral points on a sphere (Saff and Kuiljaars)
- repel - equilibrium of points repelling on a sphere
- minmax - minimise a spherical tesselation's maximum edge length, turn face data only into a spherical tesselation
- col_util - colour utilities, plots and blending

### Unsupported Programs

Unsupported programs may be incomplete or of limited use and are provided for interest only

- dome_layer - dome strut arrangements
- twist - twist the edges of a polyhedron
- spidron - spidronise a polyhedron
- off2txt - convert an OFF file to Hedron format

### General Documentation

- Antiprism Resource Files
- Named Colours in Antiprism
- Using edges in Antiprism
- OFF format description

## Links to Complementary Programs

Using OFF format

- Geomview - 3D viewing and processing
- JavaView - 3D viewing and processing (Java)
- Springie (by Tim Tyler) - 3D viewing and processing (Java)
- Qhull - convex hulls and delaunay triangulation

Handling Antiprism Export Formats

- POV-ray - Persistence of Vision Raytracer using pov format
- VRML Viewers - Links to VRML viewers
- LiveGraphics3D - Java applet for 3D viewing using Mathematica format
- ImageMagick - Image processing, builds animations

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