Randomthots wrote:
Andrew Fisk wrote:
I think I am losing it -- I select a hexagon from the basic shapes
palette, hold my finger on the shift key draw a hexagon x=1.68
y=1.68, copy it, paste it 6 times -- build myself a nice little
honeycomb looking thing, all the sides line up, all the angles are
right -- what am I missing here -- it sure looks like it works as
expected on a mac using OO.0 version 2.0.
Any not sure how other versions (particularly Windows) would handle
the screen display that X11 is displaying on a Mac and I assume
linux boxes -- but if the program is doing the math correctly, it
would seem to be a display issue -- for those of us with long
memories -- kind of like the Apple Lisa with the weird rectangular
pixels.
What I get is a hexagon inscribed in a square. This *doesn't* yield a
regular hexagon. A regular hexagon would be inscribed in a circle.
I see a hexagon inscribed in a near-square, not a square. It /does/ seem
to be wrong, however, as can be demonstrated by overlaying it with
equilateral triangles. I think what is being produced is an attempt at a
regular hexagon, but with an error in the formulation.
--
John W. Kennedy
"But now is a new thing which is very old--
that the rich make themselves richer and not poorer,
which is the true Gospel, for the poor's sake."
-- Charles Williams. "Judgement at Chelmsford"
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