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On 19/08/17 13:36, Chais wrote: > [5,1,2], > [5,2,3], > [5,3,4], > [5,4,1] These four faces are the wrong way around. Swap the last two points for each. The "thrown...

Yes, the polyhedron module is very unforgiving. You need to get all the faces the right way around, avoid holes, and avoid non-planar faces. The only reliable way that I've...

BTW, you may find a hull of six spheres to be a faster way of drawing that object, but this is perhaps just one step along the way to something...

You could do sphere ($fn=8) or similar, but if minkowski works for you, and is fast enough, that's great. I had to read right to the end to find that...

Interestingly, the section on Debugging polyhedra is exactly what I did, even though I don't recall ever reading it!