/SpectreOpenSCAD

OpenSCAD code for the Spectre tile of Smith, Myers, Kaplan, and Goodman-Strauss

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SpectreOpenSCAD

OpenSCAD code for the Spectre tile of "A Chiral Aperiodic Monotile" by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss.

The Spectre shape is an Einstein tile, capable of aperiodic tiling of the plane. References:

Image of the curved Spectre tile

  • Spectre.scad - contains modules to generate polygon of the basic Spectre tile
    • spectre() - Straight sides like Figure 1.1, left.
    • spectre2(n) - Curved sides like Figure 1.1, right. n is optional.
  • Spectre.stl - Straight-edge Tile 1,1, from Fig 1.1 left in Smith, et al.
  • Spectre2.stl - Curved-edge Spectre, from Fig 1.1 right in Smith, et al.