Programs and Documentation

Packinon Programs

• off2pov - converts OFF files to POV format
• off2eig - converts an OFF file to EIG format
• off2crds - converts an OFF file to a coordinate file
• crds2off - converts a coordinate file to OFF format

• 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)

• conv_hull - convex hulls (using Qhull)
• pol_recip - polar reciprocals (duals)
• geodesic - geodesic spheres
• unipoly - uniform polyhedra (using Kaleido)
• polygon - polygon based polyhedra (prisms, pyramids, etc)
• poly_kscope - polyhedral kaleidoscope
• packer - a ball packer
• string_art - string figures
• zono - zonohedra
• jitterbug - jitterbug transformation
• w_shell - Waterman clusters
• poly_weave - weave based on a polyhedron
• minmax - minimise a spherical tesselation's maximum edge length, turn face data only into a spherical tesselation.

Other Documentation

• OFF format description

Other Available Programs

• pg_geo - distributes points on a sphere in multiple frequency polyhedral patterns
• pg_circle - distributes points in rings on a sphere
• pg_spiral - distributes points on a spherical spiral
• pg_saff - distributes points on a sphere using a method by Saff and Kuijlaars
• packer - packs balls in a sphere one at a time and in contact with others
• polyform - converts point sets to viewable formats (POV, VRML and OFF).
• off2eig - converts OFF format to EIG format.
• pocket - example program which places two balls in contact with three others.

Links to External Programs

Using OFF format

• Geomview - 3D viewing and processing (UNIX/Linux only)
• JavaView - 3D viewing and processing (Java)
• Springie (by Tim Tyler) - 3D viewing and processing (Java)

Using other formats

• POV-ray - Persistence of Vision Raytracer using pov format
• VRML Viewers - Links to VRML viewers
• SpringDance - 3D viewing and processing using EIG format
• ImageMagick - Image processing, builds animations

External Code Used in Packinon

• Qhull - convex hulls and delaunay triangulation
• Kaleido - creates uniform polyhedra

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