Flash, compared to GIF, provides larger color palette, configurable JPG compression, and sound, with no file-size penalty. 
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• Red gears: 20 teeth, 12 count
• Blue gears: 24 teeth, 20 count
• Yellow gears: 13 teeth, 60 count
Red gears aligned with icosahedron vertices • Blue gears aligned with dodecahedron vertices
Polyhedral basis for red & blue gears: buckyball
Regarding all 92 gears, the central rotation axes are aligned with the vertices of a frequency 3v, class-I geodesic tessellation of the icosahedron
• Modeled in SketchUp
• 6 frames; rendered in Kerkythea
• Animated in SWF Quicker
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• Red gears: 20 teeth, 12 count
• Blue gears: 24 teeth, 20 count
• Yellow gears: 13 teeth, 60 count
Red gears aligned with icosahedron vertices • Blue gears aligned with dodecahedron vertices
Polyhedral basis for red & blue gears: buckyball
Regarding all 92 gears, the central rotation axes are aligned with the vertices of a frequency 3v, class-I geodesic tessellation of the icosahedron
• Modeled in SketchUp
• 6 frames; rendered in Kerkythea
• Animated in SWF Quicker
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-Taff
Wow! Thanks very much for sharing this. I just had the time to open it now. Thanks it would be very useful for my presentation on Monday...I can now add it on my slide. I will add what you have written here(the links and of course many thanks to you
I will be following your posts...
till then,
Archie
I really should get this particular virtual-to-physical project "off the back burner."
(Even though, I know that, with a real sculpture, viewers would be compelled to touch it, possibly pinching fingers.)
-Taff
I'm quite sure a physical model of it will be quite successfully; its shape, movement and concept are nice enough for normal people, the theory behind it is interesting enough for math enthusiasts
Placed in front of an exhibition area would call people inside like a vacuum cleaner
For now, I've reduced the volume....
The flash version, however, barely deflects the CPU-usage graph.
'Started with what looked to be a simple concept. (Curse you,
It's been an exploration for me, too.
I hope you enjoyed looking over my shoulder. (I won't bore you with color variations, etc.)
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Afer a little bit of tweaking, the flash-animation file is no larger than the animated GIF. Higher apparent resolution, no dithering, larger color palette, and sound -- flash wins!
While I do, indeed, appreciate steam-punk art, fashion & even video games, I just can't seem to get enthused about it, enough to actively-contribute on a more-personal level.
-Taff