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 stellate
 create stellated POLYGONS

 Calling Sequence stellate(p, h)

Parameters

 p - POLYGONS structure or a list of POLYGONS structures h - (optional) height of stellates; default is 2

Description

 • This command creates a stellate for each of the polygons in a given POLYGONS structure.  The parameter h controls the height of the stellates.  If h is greater than 1, then the stellate is directed away from the origin; otherwise, the stellate is directed towards the origin.
 • The stellate command produces a POLYGONS object, which can be used in a PLOT3D data structure, or displayed using the plots[display] command.

Examples

 > $\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{plottools}\right):$
 > $\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{plots}\right):$
 > $\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{stellate}\left(\mathrm{dodecahedron}\left(\right)\right),\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained}\right)$
 > $\mathrm{display}\left(\mathrm{stellate}\left(\mathrm{octahedron}\left(\right),\frac{1}{2}\right),\mathrm{scaling}=\mathrm{constrained},\mathrm{lightmodel}=\mathrm{light2}\right)$