The eleven (11) general Tilings of
the plane, and their duals
Laves
(isohedral tilings) |
Duals
(Archimedian tilings) |
3-3-3-3-3-3 |
3-3-3-3-3-3 |
3-3-3-3-6 |
3-3-3-3-6 |
3-3-3-4-4 |
3-3-3-4-4 |
3-3-4-3-4 |
3-3-4-3-4 |
3-4-6-4 |
3-4-6-4 |
3-6-3-6 |
3-6-3-6 |
3-12-12 |
3-12-12 |
4-4-4-4 |
4-4-4-4 |
4-6-12 |
4-6-12 |
4-8-8 |
4-8-8 |
6-6-6 |
6-6-6 |
These images taken from the SIGGRAPH 2000
coursenotes for subdivision. http://mrl.nyu.edu/publications/subdiv-course2000/
I have posted these simply because I find
them quite interesting. The numbers of the tilings indicate the count of
edges entering a vertex for each vertex around a polygon in the Lave. Note
that in the lave every tile is the same shape, however this is not true
in the Duals.
The duals are created by placing a vertex
in the center of every tile and connecting them.
Some links that were relevant on Sunday
October 14th 2001:
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