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tiling a circle with an offset (math)
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(06-14-2018, 07:28 PM)Espermaschine Wrote: I want to tile tightly packed circles with an offset of 50%.

It seems the Y Shift per Row is -13,4%.

Is there a mathematical formula for this

In terms of ?? what

The y offset is the height of the isosceles triangle joining the centers of the circles

As a value of the radius r it is 2.r.cos30 = diameter x 0.866 I suppose that is the 13.4 % (1-0.866)X100
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RE: tiling a circle with an offset (math) - by rich2005 - 06-14-2018, 08:02 PM

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