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Re: (TFT) Square megahexes Or at least hexes another take



--- 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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