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Subject:   RE: CutOuts What does the 0 to 1 interval mean?
Author: lanius
Date: Aug 11 2006
I downloaded Sketchup, and it looks fabulous. Google is really doing great
things on software development.

On Aug 11 2006, Jon wrote:
> Do you know of a tool that would allow the
> students to put the
> polygons together to form the net. I think that
> would be a nice
> problem. How do you put the polygons together into a
> net so that
> it will fold up to form the polyhedron? So then it would
> be
> problem solving rather than just a demonstration.

Google SketchUp
> Free has a polygon tool and a rotate tool that you can use to build
> a net and then fold it. The software is free and can be downloaded
> from www.sketchup.com. It has great tutorials and is easy to use. If
> there is interest I'd be glad to make a demo movie of how to make
> and fold a net.
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