• Adobe After Effects

  Creating a tetragon

  Posted by Björn Svensson on June 17, 2009 at 8:21 am

  Hi all!

  I need to create a 3D tetragon inside AE, and I simply can’t figure out the geometrics. Anyone have a finished one to share, or any ideas of how to do it?

  all the best,
  Björn

  Steve Roberts replied 17 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Steve Roberts

  June 17, 2009 at 2:39 pm

  You mean a tetrahedron? A tetragon is a quadrilateral. A regular tetragon is a square. 🙂

  Here’s a pyramid tutorial:
  https://aftereffects.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=99393

  You can use the ideas therein to make a tetrahedron.
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  Björn Svensson

  June 17, 2009 at 2:54 pm

  A pyramid is not a problem for me to make, it is a 4-sided tetrahedron I’m after. Thanks for the link though!

  Anyone else?
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  Steve Roberts

  June 17, 2009 at 9:19 pm

  Indeed.

  If you don’t have Illustrator, the height of an equilateral triangle is .866 times the base width.

  Right, you math guys?

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