{"id":86,"date":"2010-10-12T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2012-01-26T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T21:29:55","slug":"basic-3d-geometry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Basic 3D geometry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a continuation of the geometry theme, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s move from 2D geometry to 3D.<\/p>\n<p>First, simple extensions of two dimensional objects:<br \/>\n\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; cylinder (extension of a circle)<br \/>\n\u00e7\u00ab\u2039\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u0081\u00a3\u00e3\u0081\u00bd\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; cube (extension of a square)<br \/>\n\u00e7\u203a\u00b4\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00bb\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; cuboid (extension of a rectangle)<\/p>\n<p>The extensions of two dimensional polygons are prisms:<br \/>\n\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; prism<br \/>\n\u00e4\u00b8\u2030\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; triangular prism<br \/>\n\u00e5\u203a\u203a\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; square prism<br \/>\n\u00e4\u00ba\u201d\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u201d\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; pentagonal prism\/column<br \/>\n\u00e5\u2026\u00ad\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u201a\u008d\u00e3\u0081\u00a3\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; hexagonal prism\/column<br \/>\n\u00e4\u00b8\u0192\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; heptagonal prism\/column<br \/>\n\u00e5\u2026\u00ab\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u00af\u00e3\u0081\u00a3\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; octagonal prism\/column<\/p>\n<p>A slight modification to an extension creates a cone or pyramidal shape:<br \/>\n\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e9\u0152\u0090 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u2122\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; cone<br \/>\n\u00e4\u00b8\u2030\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e9\u0152\u0090 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u2122\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; a three sided pyramid (tetrahedron)<br \/>\n\u00e5\u203a\u203a\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e9\u0152\u0090 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u2122\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; a four sided pyramid (square pyramid)<br \/>\n\u00e4\u00ba\u201d\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e9\u0152\u0090 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u201d\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u2122\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; a five sided pyramid (pentagonal pyramid)<br \/>\n\u00e5\u2026\u00ad\u00e8\u00a7\u2019\u00e9\u0152\u0090 &#8211; \u00e3\u201a\u008d\u00e3\u0081\u00a3\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u2122\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; a six sided pyramid (hexagonal pyramid)<\/p>\n<p>Now, more uniquely three dimensional objects:<br \/>\n\u00e7\u0090\u0192 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u008d\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; sphere<br \/>\n\u00e7\u0090\u0192\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u008d\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; solid sphere<\/p>\n<p>\u00e5\u203a\u017e\u00e8\u00bb\u00a2\u00e6\u00a5\u2022\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u00a0\u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; spheroid<br \/>\n\u00e6\u2030\u0081\u00e5\u00b9\u00b3\u00e6\u00a5\u2022\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u00b8\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u00ba\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a0\u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; oblate spheroid<br \/>\n\u00e6\u2030\u0081\u00e9\u2022\u00b7\u00e6\u00a5\u2022\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u00b8\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u00a0\u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; prolate spheroid<\/p>\n<p>\u00e3\u0192\u02c6\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u201a\u00b9 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u00a8\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u201a\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u2122 &#8211; torus<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, there are many more geometric figures, but this seems like enough for one post.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a continuation of the geometry theme, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s move from 2D geometry to 3D. First, simple extensions of two dimensional objects: \u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e6\u0178\u00b1 &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2026\u00e3\u0081\u2020 &#8211; cylinder (extension of a circle) \u00e7\u00ab\u2039\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u0081\u00a3\u00e3\u0081\u00bd\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; cube (extension of a square) \u00e7\u203a\u00b4\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e4\u00bd\u201c &#8211; \u00e3\u0081\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u00bb\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e &#8211; cuboid (extension of a rectangle) The extensions of two dimensional polygons are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}