1/tan(360/2n) is the length of the rectangle (=y in the sketch) over the width (=x in the sketch) where the diagonal pleat is made. The diagonal is a mountain fold on the side that is "outside".
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
pleated containers a la Philip Chapman-Bell (see oschene)
trying to figure out what the angles and distances should be.
1/tan(360/2n) is the length of the rectangle (=y in the sketch) over the width (=x in the sketch) where the diagonal pleat is made. The diagonal is a mountain fold on the side that is "outside".
1/tan(360/2n) is the length of the rectangle (=y in the sketch) over the width (=x in the sketch) where the diagonal pleat is made. The diagonal is a mountain fold on the side that is "outside".
