On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 18:03, Alan Horkan wrote:
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, W. Borgert wrote:
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:27:41 +0000 From: W. Borgert <debacle@...153...> Reply-To: dia-list@...45... To: dia-list@...45... Subject: Supershapes for dia?
This would make a nice addition to dia:
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/curves/supershape/
(with C code exmample). Any takers?
"The supershape equation is an extension of the both the equation of the sphere and ellipse"
Very cool. Curved stars and polygons, a weird droplet shape. Ooh pretty!
The Superformula indeed can be used to increase the efficiency of various technological applications considerably. Shapes and patterns can be encoded in a much compacter way. For these developments a broad strategic patent application has been filed in the US, Europe and Japan.
Assuming the patent is granted, I'm afraid it'll be impossible for us to implement legally at this time.
File an RFE, and we can revisit implementing this feature in a couple decades when the patent has expired.
-mental