polyhedra(6)                  XScreenSaver manual                 polyhedra(6)

NAME
       polyhedra - draws the 80 uniform polyhedra and their duals

SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS
       polyhedra [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
       [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed float]
       [--duration seconds] [--no-wander] [--spin XYZ] [--wireframe] [--no-
       titles] [--which name] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
       This program renders 160 different 3D solids, and displays some
       information about each.  A new solid is chosen every few seconds.

       There are 75 uniform polyhedra, plus an inifinite number of prisms and
       antiprisms:

         * Convex Uniform Polyhedra:
           * Platonic solids (5)
           * Archimedean solids (13)
           * Convex prisms and antiprisms (2 infinite families)
         * Nonconvex Uniform Polyhedra:
           * Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra (4)
           * Nonconvex uniform polyhedra (53)
           * Nonconvex prisms, antiprisms, and crossed antiprisms
             (3 infinite families)

       Representative samples of the prism sets brings the total to 80 solids.
       Including the dual of each brings the total up to 160.  (To create the
       "dual" of a polyhedron, faces are replaced with vertices, and vertices
       with faces.)

OPTIONS
       --visual visual
               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the name of a
               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
               visual.

       --window
               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

       --root  Draw on the root window.

       --window-id number
               Draw on the specified window.

       --delay number
               Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 30000 (0.03
               seconds.).

       --speed number
               Larger numbers mean run faster.  Default: 1.0.

       --duration seconds
               How long before switching to a new polyhedron.  Default 12
               seconds.

       --wander | --no-wander
               Whether the objects should wander around the screen.

       --spin [XYZ] | --no-spin
               Which axes, if any, to spin around on.

       --titles | --no-titles
               Whether to display text describing each object.

       --which object-name
               Display only one particular object, identified by number, name,
               or Whthoff symbol.

       --wireframe | --no-wireframe
               Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       --fps   Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

KEY BINDINGS
       When running in a window, you can rotate the object with the mouse.
       Also, the following keystrokes are defined:

       SPC or TAB  Select a new polyhedron at random.

       + or >      Select the next-higher-numbered polyhedron.

       - or <      Select the next-lower-numbered polyhedron.

       ESC or ^C   Quit.

ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
               The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1991-2002 Dr. Zvi Har'El.

       Copyright (C) 2004 Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
       distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
       purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above
       copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
       notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
       No representations are made about the suitability of this software for
       any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied
       warranty.

AUTHOR
       Based on the program kaleido ("Kaleidoscopic construction of uniform
       polyhedra"), by Dr. Zvi Har'El <rl@math.technion.ac.il>
       https://web.archive.org/web/20040807023850/https%3A//www.math.technion.ac.il/kaleido/

       Adapted for OpenGL and XScreenSaver by Jamie Zawinski, 2004.

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