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Re: (TFT) Square megahexes Or at least hexes another take
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- Subject: Re: (TFT) Square megahexes Or at least hexes another take
- From: Christopher Fuhrman <fuhrman8or@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:23:43 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Lloyd Weber <laweber3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I particularly like the online graph paper site - especially
> because it has
> some information there about the geometric dimensions of a hex that
> I was not
> aware of, namely:
>
> Given length of a side x...
> Tip to tip across the hex is
> 2x.
> Height of the hex flat side to flat side is 2x(sqrt(3/4)) or about
> 1.732x.
> Area of the hex is 1.5(x^2 (sqrt(3)) or about 2.56x^2.
Here's another site that delves into some of these dimensional
issues:
http://klein.math.okstate.edu/IndrasPearls/programming/node19.html
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