fourDShape.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as THREE from 'three';
 
 
 const HYPERPLANE = 2.0;
-const W_FORESHORTENING = 0.04;
+
 
 class FourDShape extends THREE.Group {
 
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ class FourDShape extends THREE.Group {
 		this.nodes3 = {};
 		this.links = structure.links;
 		this.faces = ( "faces" in structure ) ? structure.faces : [];
+		this.node_size = structure.geometry.node_size;
+		this.link_size = structure.geometry.link_size;
 		this.node_scale = 1;
 		this.link_scale = 1;
 		this.hyperplane = HYPERPLANE;
-		this.foreshortening = W_FORESHORTENING;
 		this.initShapes();
 	}
 
@@ -43,43 +44,32 @@ class FourDShape extends THREE.Group {
 	}
 
 	makeLink(material, link) {
-		const n1 = this.nodes3[link.source];
+		const n1 = this.nodes3[link.source].v3;
-		const n2 = this.nodes3[link.target];
+		const n2 = this.nodes3[link.target].v3;
-		const s1 = n1.scale;
+		const length = n1.distanceTo(n2);
-		const s2 = n2.scale;
-		const length = n1.v3.distanceTo(n2.v3);
 		const centre = new THREE.Vector3();
-		centre.lerpVectors(n1.v3, n2.v3, 0.5);
+		centre.lerpVectors(n1, n2, 0.5);
-		const geometry = new THREE.CylinderGeometry(
+		const geometry = new THREE.CylinderGeometry(this.link_size, this.link_size, 1);
-			this.link_scale * s2, this.link_scale * s1, 1,
-			16, 1, true
-		);
 		const cyl = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
 		const edge = new THREE.Group();
 		edge.add(cyl);
 		edge.position.copy(centre);
 		edge.scale.copy(new THREE.Vector3(1, 1, length));
-		edge.lookAt(n2.v3);
+		edge.lookAt(n2);
 		cyl.rotation.x = Math.PI / 2.0;
 		this.add(edge);
 		return edge;
 	}
 
 	updateLink(link, links_show) {
-		const n1 = this.nodes3[link.source];
+		const n1 = this.nodes3[link.source].v3;
-		const n2 = this.nodes3[link.target];
+		const n2 = this.nodes3[link.target].v3;
-		const s1 = n1.scale;
+		const length = n1.distanceTo(n2);
-		const s2 = n2.scale;
-		const length = n1.v3.distanceTo(n2.v3);
 		const centre = new THREE.Vector3();
-		centre.lerpVectors(n1.v3, n2.v3, 0.5);
+		centre.lerpVectors(n1, n2, 0.5);
-		// take the average of the ends as the thickness - as a workaround,
+		link.object.scale.copy(new THREE.Vector3(this.link_scale, this.link_scale, length));
-		// because I haven't worked out how to reshape tapered links without
-		// having to reassign a new geometry to every link
-		const link_mean = this.link_scale * (s1 + s2) * 0.5;		
-		link.object.scale.copy(new THREE.Vector3(link_mean, link_mean, length));
 		link.object.position.copy(centre);
-		link.object.lookAt(n2.v3);
+		link.object.lookAt(n2);
 		link.object.children[0].rotation.x = Math.PI / 2.0;
 		link.object.visible = (!links_show || link.label in links_show); 
 	}
@@ -143,7 +133,6 @@ class FourDShape extends THREE.Group {
 			const material = this.getMaterial(n, this.node_ms);
 			this.nodes3[n.id] = {
 				v3: v3,
-				scale: k,
 				label: n.label,
 				object: this.makeNode(material, v3, k)
 			};
@@ -165,10 +154,9 @@ class FourDShape extends THREE.Group {
 			const v4 = this.fourDrotate(n.x, n.y, n.z, n.w,  rotations);
 			const k = this.fourDscale(v4.w);
 			const v3 = new THREE.Vector3(v4.x * k, v4.y * k, v4.z * k);
-			const s4 = k * this.node_scale * this.foreshortening;
+			const s4 = k * this.node_scale;
 			const s3 = new THREE.Vector3(s4, s4, s4);
 			this.nodes3[n.id].v3 = v3;
-			this.nodes3[n.id].scale = k * this.foreshortening;
 			this.nodes3[n.id].object.position.copy(v3);
 			this.nodes3[n.id].object.scale.copy(s3);
 			this.nodes3[n.id].object.visible = ( !nodes_show || n.label in nodes_show );

gui.js

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import { GUI } from 'lil-gui';
 
 
 const DEFAULTS = {
-	nodesize: 0.25,
+	thickness: 1.0,
-	nodeopacity: 1,
+	nodesize: 2.0,
-	linksize: 0.2,
+	linkopacity: 0.5,
-	linkopacity: 0.75,
+	link2opacity: 0.5,
-	link2opacity: 0.75,
 	shape: '120-cell',
 	option: 'none',
 	visibility: 5,
@@ -14,13 +13,11 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
 	inscribe_all: false,
 	color: 0x3293a9,
 	background: 0xd4d4d4,
-	hyperplane: 0.93,
+	hyperplane: 1.5,
 	zoom: 1,
 	xRotate: 'YW',
-	yRotate: 'XW',
+	yRotate: 'XZ',
 	dtheta: 0,
-	damping: false,
-	captions: true,
 	dpsi: 0,
 }
 
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
 
 class FourDGUI {
 
-	constructor(shapes, changeShape, setColor, setBackground, setNodeOpacity,setLinkOpacity, setVisibility, showDocs) {
+	constructor(shapes, changeShape, setColor, setBackground, setLinkOpacity, setVisibility) {
 		this.gui = new GUI();
 		const SHAPE_NAMES = shapes.map((s) => s.name);
 
@@ -39,11 +36,10 @@ class FourDGUI {
 			option: this.link['option'],
 			inscribed: this.link['inscribed'],
 			inscribe_all: this.link['inscribe_all'],
-			linksize: this.link['linksize'],
+			thickness: this.link['thickness'],
 			linkopacity: this.link['linkopacity'],
 			link2opacity: this.link['linkopacity'],
 			nodesize: this.link['nodesize'],
-			nodeopacity: this.link['nodeopacity'],
 			depth: this.link['depth'],
 			color: this.link['color'],
 			background: this.link['background'],
@@ -52,7 +48,6 @@ class FourDGUI {
 			xRotate: this.link['xRotate'],
 			yRotate: this.link['yRotate'],
 			damping: false,
-			captions: true,
 			dtheta: this.link['dtheta'],
 			dpsi: this.link['dpsi'],
 			"copy link": function () { guiObj.copyUrl() }
@@ -70,22 +65,20 @@ class FourDGUI {
 		options_ctrl = this.gui.add(this.params, 'option').options(options).onChange((option) => {
 			setVisibility(option)
 		});
-		this.gui.add(this.params, 'hyperplane', 0.5, 1 / 0.8);
+		this.gui.add(this.params, 'hyperplane', 1.4, 2.0);
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'zoom', 0.1, 2.0);
-		this.gui.add(this.params, 'nodesize', 0, 1);
+		this.gui.add(this.params, 'thickness', 0, 2);
-		this.gui.add(this.params, 'nodeopacity', 0, 1).onChange(setNodeOpacity);
-		this.gui.add(this.params, 'linksize', 0, 1);
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'linkopacity', 0, 1).onChange(
 			(v) => setLinkOpacity(v, true)
 		);
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'link2opacity', 0, 1).onChange(
 			(v) => setLinkOpacity(v, false)
 		);
+		this.gui.add(this.params, 'nodesize', 0.1, 4);
 		this.gui.addColor(this.params, 'color').onChange(setColor);
 		this.gui.addColor(this.params, 'background').onChange(setBackground);
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'xRotate', [ 'YW', 'YZ', 'ZW' ]);
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'yRotate', [ 'XZ', 'XY', 'XW' ]);
-		this.gui.add(this.params, 'captions').onChange(showDocs);
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'damping');
 		this.gui.add(this.params, 'copy link');
 
@@ -141,11 +134,10 @@ class FourDGUI {
 		}
 		this.link['hyperplane'] = this.numParam('hyperplane', parseFloat);
 		this.link['zoom'] = this.numParam('zoom', parseFloat);
-		this.link['linksize'] = this.numParam('linksize', parseFloat);
+		this.link['thickness'] = this.numParam('thickness', parseFloat);
 		this.link['linkopacity'] = this.numParam('linkopacity', parseFloat);
 		this.link['link2opacity'] = this.numParam('link2opacity', parseFloat);
 		this.link['nodesize'] = this.numParam('nodesize', parseFloat);
-		this.link['nodeopacity'] = this.numParam('nodeopacity', parseFloat);
 		this.link['color'] = this.numParam('color', (s) => guiObj.stringToHex(s));
 		this.link['background'] = this.numParam('background', (s) => guiObj.stringToHex(s));
 		this.link['dpsi'] = this.numParam('dpsi', parseFloat);
@@ -159,11 +151,10 @@ class FourDGUI {
 		url.searchParams.append("option", this.params.option);
 		url.searchParams.append("inscribed", this.params.inscribed ? 'y': 'n');
 		url.searchParams.append("inscribe_all", this.params.inscribe_all ? 'y': 'n');
-		url.searchParams.append("linksize", this.params.linksize.toString());
+		url.searchParams.append("thickness", this.params.thickness.toString());
 		url.searchParams.append("nodesize", this.params.nodesize.toString());
-		url.searchParams.append("nodeopacity", this.params.nodesize.toString());
+		url.searchParams.append("linkopacity", this.params.thickness.toString());
-		url.searchParams.append("linkopacity", this.params.nodeopacity.toString());
+		url.searchParams.append("link2opacity", this.params.nodesize.toString());
-		url.searchParams.append("link2opacity", this.params.link2opacity.toString());
 		url.searchParams.append("color", this.hexToString(this.params.color));
 		url.searchParams.append("background", this.hexToString(this.params.background));
 		url.searchParams.append("hyperplane", this.params.hyperplane.toString());

index.html

@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
 		<title>FourD</title>
 		<style>
 			body { margin: 0; }
-			div#description {
-				position: fixed;
-				top: 0;
-				left: 0;
-				width: 20%;
-				z-index: 2;
-				font-family: sans-serif;
-				padding: 1em;
-			}
 			div#info {
 				position: fixed;
 				bottom:0;
@@ -25,7 +16,6 @@
 	</head>
 	<body>
 		<script type="module" src="/main.js"></script>
-		<div id="description"></div>
 		<div id="info">by <a target="_blank" href="https://mikelynch.org/">Mike Lynch</a> -
 			<a target="_blank" href="https://git.tilde.town/bombinans/fourdjs">source</a></div>
 	</body>

main.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { FourDShape } from './fourDShape.js';
 import { get_colours } from './colours.js';
 
 const FACE_OPACITY = 0.3;
-const CAMERA_K = 5;
+const CAMERA_K = 10;
 
 // scene, lights and camera
 
@@ -47,19 +47,11 @@ material.opacity = 0.5;
 const node_ms = node_colours.map((c) => new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({color: c}));
 const link_ms = node_colours.map((c) => new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({color: c}));
 
-node_ms.map((m) => {
-	m.transparent =  true;
-	m.opacity = 1.0;
-	}
-);
-
 link_ms.map((m) => {
 	m.transparent =  true;
 	m.opacity = 0.5;
 	}
-);
+)
-
-
 
 const face_ms = [
 	new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial( { color: 0x44ff44 } )
@@ -93,26 +85,6 @@ function createShape(name, option) {
 	setVisibility(option ? option : structure.options[0].name);
 }
 
-function displayDocs(name) {
-	const docdiv = document.getElementById("description");
-	const description = STRUCTURES_BY_NAME[name].description;
-	if( description ) {
-		docdiv.innerHTML =`<p>${name}</p><p>${description}</p>`;
-	} else {
-		docdiv.innerHTML =`<p>${name}</p>`;
-	}
-}
-
-function showDocs(visible) {
-	console.log(`showDocs ${visible}`);
-	const docdiv = document.getElementById("description");
-	if( visible ) {
-		docdiv.style.display = '';
-	} else {
-		docdiv.style.display = 'none';
-	}
-}
-
 // initialise gui and read params from URL
 
 // callbacks to do things which are triggered by controls: reset the shape,
@@ -143,17 +115,11 @@ function setLinkOpacity(o, primary) {
 	}
 }
 
-function setNodeOpacity(o) {
-	node_ms.map((nm) => nm.opacity = o);
-}
-
-
 let gui; 
 
 
 function changeShape() {
-	createShape(gui.params.shape);
+	createShape(gui.params.shape);	
-	displayDocs(gui.params.shape);
 }
 
 function setVisibility(option_name) {
@@ -172,10 +138,8 @@ gui = new FourDGUI(
 	changeShape,
 	setColors,
 	setBackground,
-	setNodeOpacity,
 	setLinkOpacity,
-	setVisibility,
+	setVisibility
-	showDocs
 );
 
 // these are here to pick up colour settings from the URL params
@@ -220,7 +184,6 @@ renderer.domElement.addEventListener("pointerup", (event) => {
 })
 
 createShape(gui.params.shape, gui.params.option);
-displayDocs(gui.params.shape);
 
 function animate() {
 	requestAnimationFrame( animate );
@@ -238,11 +201,11 @@ function animate() {
 		rotfn[gui.params.xRotate](theta), 
 		rotfn[gui.params.yRotate](psi)
 	];
-	shape.hyperplane = 1 / gui.params.hyperplane;
+	shape.hyperplane = gui.params.hyperplane;
-	camera.position.set(0, 0, gui.params.zoom * CAMERA_K * gui.params.hyperplane);
+	camera.position.set(0, 0, gui.params.zoom * CAMERA_K / gui.params.hyperplane);
 
+	shape.link_scale = gui.params.thickness;
 	shape.node_scale = gui.params.nodesize;
-	shape.link_scale = gui.params.linksize * gui.params.nodesize * 0.5;
 	shape.render3(rotations, node_show, link_show);
 
 

polytopes.js

@@ -58,15 +58,16 @@ export function auto_detect_edges(nodes, neighbours, debug=false) {
 // too small and simple to calculate
 
 export const cell5 = () => {
-	const c1 = Math.sqrt(5) / 4;
+	const r5 = Math.sqrt(5);
+	const r2 = Math.sqrt(2) / 2;
 	return {
 		name: '5-cell',
 		nodes: [
-	      {id:1, label: 1, x: c1, y: c1, z: c1, w: -0.25 },
+	      {id:1, label: 1, x: r2, y: r2, z: r2, w: -r2 / r5 },
-	      {id:2, label: 2, x: c1, y: -c1, z: -c1, w: -0.25 },
+	      {id:2, label: 2, x: r2, y: -r2, z: -r2, w: -r2 / r5 },
-	      {id:3, label: 3, x: -c1, y: c1, z: -c1, w: -0.25 },
+	      {id:3, label: 3, x: -r2, y: r2, z: -r2, w: -r2 / r5 },
-	      {id:4, label: 4, x: -c1, y: -c1, z: c1, w: -0.25 },
+	      {id:4, label: 4, x: -r2, y: -r2, z: r2, w: -r2 / r5 },
-	      {id:5, label: 5, x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 1 },
+	      {id:5, label: 5, x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 4 * r2 / r5 },
 		],
 		links: [
 			{ id:1, source:1, target: 2},
@@ -80,12 +81,11 @@ export const cell5 = () => {
 			{ id:9, source:3, target: 5},
 			{ id:10, source:4, target: 5},
 		],
-		options: [ { name: '--' }],
+		geometry: {
-		description: `Five tetrahedra joined at ten faces with three
+			node_size: 0.02,
-		tetrahedra around each edge. The 5-cell is the simplest regular
+			link_size: 0.02
-		four-D polytope and the four-dimensional analogue of the tetrahedron.
+		},
-		A corresponding polytope, or simplex, exists for every n-dimensional
+		options: [ { name: '--' }]
-		space.`,
 	};
 };
 
@@ -104,18 +104,18 @@ export const cell16 = () => {
 	nodes[1].label = 4;
 
 	index_nodes(nodes);
-	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.5);
+	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.75);
 	const links = auto_detect_edges(nodes, 6);
 
 	return {
 		name: '16-cell',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
-		options: [ { name: '--' }],
+		geometry: {
-		description: `Sixteen tetrahedra joined at 32 faces with four
+			node_size: 0.02,
-		tetrahedra around each edge. The 16-cell is the four-dimensional
+			link_size: 0.02
-		analogue of the octahedron and is dual to the tesseract. Every
+		},
-		n-dimensional space has a corresponding polytope in this family.`,
+		options: [ { name: '--' }]
 	};
 };
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export const tesseract = () => {
 		}
 	}
 
-	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.5);
+	scale_nodes(nodes, Math.sqrt(2) / 2);
 	const links = auto_detect_edges(nodes, 4);
 	links.map((l) => { l.label = 0 });
 
@@ -146,20 +146,18 @@ export const tesseract = () => {
 
 
 	return {
-		name: 'Tesseract',
+		name: 'tesseract',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		options: [
 			{ name: 'none', links: [ 0 ] },
 			{ name: 'one 16-cell', links: [ 0, 1 ] },
 			{ name: 'both 16-cells', links: [ 0, 1, 2 ] },
 		],
-		description: `The most well-known four-dimensional shape, the
-		tesseract is analogous to the cube, and is constructed by placing two
-		cubes in parallel hyperplanes and joining their corresponding
-		vertices. It consists of eight cubes joined at 32 face with three 
-		cubes around each edge, and is dual to the 16-cell. Every
-		n-dimensional space has a cube analogue or measure polytope.`,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -185,7 +183,6 @@ export const cell24 = () => {
 		n.label = CELL24_INDEXING[axes[0]][axes[1]];
 	}
 
-	scale_nodes(nodes, Math.sqrt(2) / 2);
 	index_nodes(nodes);
 	const links = auto_detect_edges(nodes, 8);
 	links.map((l) => l.label = 0);
@@ -209,16 +206,16 @@ export const cell24 = () => {
 		name: '24-cell',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		base: {},
 		options: [
 			{ name: 'none', links: [ 0 ] },
 			{ name: 'one 16-cell', links: [ 0, 1 ] },
 			{ name: 'three 16-cells', links: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] }
-		],
+		]
-		description: `A unique object without an exact analogue in higher
-		or lower dimensions, the 24-cell is made of twenty-four octahedra
-		joined at 96 faces, with three around each edge. The 24-cell is
-		self-dual.`,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ export function make_120cell_vertices() {
 		PERMUTE.coordinates([2, 1, phi, phiinv], 0, true),
 		].flat();
 	index_nodes(nodes);
-	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.25 * Math.sqrt(2));
+	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.5);
 	return nodes;
 }
 
@@ -396,10 +393,12 @@ export const cell120_layered = (max) => {
 		name: '120-cell layered',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		nolink2opacity: true,
-		options: options,
+		options: options
-		description: `This version of the 120-cell lets you explore its
-		structure by building each layer from the 'north pole' onwards.`,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -427,15 +426,15 @@ export const cell120_inscribed = () => {
 		name: '120-cell',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		options: [
 			{ name: "none", links: [ 0 ]},
 			{ name: "one inscribed 600-cell", links: [ 0, 1 ] },
 			{ name: "five inscribed 600-cells", links: [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
-		],
+		]
-		description: `The 120-cell is the four-dimensional analogue of the
-		dodecahedron, and consists of 120 dodecahedra joined at 720 faces,
-		with three dodecahedra around each edge. It is dual to the 600-cell,
-		and five 600-cells can be inscribed in its vertices.`,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -516,7 +515,7 @@ export function make_600cell_vertices() {
 
 
 	index_nodes(nodes);
-	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.5);
+	scale_nodes(nodes, 0.75);
 	return nodes;
 }
 
@@ -558,16 +557,15 @@ export const cell600 = () => {
 		name: '600-cell',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		options: [
 			{ name: "none", links: [ 0 ]},
 			{ name: "one 24-cell", links: [ 0, 1 ] },
 			{ name: "five 24-cells", links: [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
-		],
+		]
-		description: `The 600-cell is the four-dimensional analogue of the
-		icosahedron, and consists of 600 tetrahedra joined at 1200 faces
-		with five tetrahedra around each edge. It is dual to the 120-cell.
-		Its 120 vertices can be partitioned into five sets which form the
-		vertices of five inscribed 24-cells.`,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -607,10 +605,12 @@ export const cell600_layered = () => {
 		name: '600-cell layered',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		nolink2opacity: true,
-		options: options,
+		options: options
-		description: `This version of the 600-cell lets you explore its
-		structure by building each layer from the 'north pole' onwards.`,
 	}
 
 
@@ -631,15 +631,14 @@ export const snub24cell = () => {
 	links.map((l) => l.label = 0);
 
 	return {
-		name: 'Snub 24-cell',
+		name: 'snub 24-cell',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		options: [ { name: "--" } ],
-		description: `The snub 24-cell is a semiregular polytope which
-		connects the 24-cell with the 600-cell. It consists of 24 icosahedra
-		and 120 tetrahedra, and is constructed by removing one of the
-		five inscribed 24-cells from a 600-cell.`
-
 	}
 
 
@@ -679,7 +678,6 @@ function make_dodecahedron_vertices() {
 			{ x: -phi, y: phiinv, z:0, w: 0 , 	label: 4},
 			{ x: -phi, y: -phiinv, z:0, w: 0 , 	label: 2},
 		];
-	scale_nodes(nodes, 1 / Math.sqrt(3));
 	index_nodes(nodes);
 	return nodes;
 }
@@ -697,146 +695,18 @@ export const dodecahedron = () => {
 	}
 
 	return {
-		name: 'Dodecahedron',
+		name: 'dodecahedron',
 		nodes: nodes,
 		links: links,
+		geometry: {
+			node_size: 0.02,
+			link_size: 0.02
+		},
 		options: [
 			{ name: "none", links: [ 0 ]},
 			{ name: "one tetrahedron", links: [ 0, 1 ] },
 			{ name: "five tetrahedra", links: [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }
-		],
+		]
-		description: `The dodecahedron is a three-dimensional polyhedron
-		which is included here so that you can see the partition of its
-		vertices into five interlocked tetrahedra. This structure is the
-		basis for the partition of the 120-cell's vertices into five
-		600-cells.`
-
-	}
-}
-
-
-export const tetrahedron = () => {
-	const r2 = Math.sqrt(2);
-	const r3 = Math.sqrt(3);
-	return {
-		name: 'Tetrahedron',
-		nodes: [
-	      {id:1, label: 1, x: 2 * r2 / 3, y: 0, z: -1/3, w: 0 },
-	      {id:2, label: 2, x: -r2 / 3, y: r2 / r3, z: -1/3, w: 0 },
-	      {id:3, label: 3, x: -r2 / 3, y: -r2 / r3, z: -1/3, w: 0 },
-	      {id:4, label: 4, x: 0, y: 0, z: 1, w: 0 },
-		],
-		links: [
-			{ id:1, source:1, target: 2},
-			{ id:2, source:1, target: 3},
-			{ id:3, source:1, target: 4},
-			{ id:4, source:2, target: 3},
-			{ id:5, source:2, target: 4},
-			{ id:6, source:3, target: 4},
-		],
-		options: [ { name: '--' }],
-		description: `The simplest three-dimensional polytope, consisting of four triangles joined at six edges. The 5-cell is its four-dimensional analogue.`,
-	};
-};
-
-export const octahedron = () => {
-	const nodes = [
-		{id: 1, label: 1, x: 1, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0},
-		{id: 2, label: 1, x: -1, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0},
-		{id: 3, label: 2, x: 0, y: 1, z: 0, w: 0},
-		{id: 4, label: 2, x: 0, y: -1, z: 0, w: 0},
-		{id: 5, label: 3, x: 0, y: 0, z: 1, w: 0},
-		{id: 6, label: 3, x: 0, y: 0, z: -1, w: 0},
-	];
-	const links = [
-		{id:1, source: 1, target: 3},
-		{id:2, source: 1, target: 4},
-		{id:3, source: 1, target: 5},
-		{id:4, source: 1, target: 6},
-		{id:5, source: 2, target: 3},
-		{id:6, source: 2, target: 4},
-		{id:7, source: 2, target: 5},
-		{id:8, source: 2, target: 6},
-		{id:9, source: 3, target: 5},
-		{id:10, source: 3, target: 6},
-		{id:11, source: 4, target: 5},
-		{id:12, source: 4, target: 6},
-	]
-	links.map((l) => { l.label = 0 });
-	return {
-		name: 'Octahedron',
-		nodes: nodes,
-		links: links,
-		options: [ { name: '--' }],
-		description: `The three-dimensional cross-polytope, the 16-cell is its four-dimensional analogue.`,
-	};
-
-}
-
-export const cube = () => {
-	const nodes = [
-		{id: 1, label: 1, x: 1, y: 1, z: 1, w: 0},
-		{id: 2, label: 2, x: -1, y: 1, z: 1, w: 0},
-		{id: 3, label: 2, x: 1, y: -1, z: 1, w: 0},
-		{id: 4, label: 1, x: -1, y: -1, z: 1, w: 0},
-		{id: 5, label: 2, x: 1, y: 1, z: -1, w: 0},
-		{id: 6, label: 1, x: -1, y: 1, z: -1, w: 0},
-		{id: 7, label: 1, x: 1, y: -1, z: -1, w: 0},
-		{id: 8, label: 2, x: -1, y: -1, z: -1, w: 0},
-	];
-	scale_nodes(nodes, 1/Math.sqrt(3));
-	const links = auto_detect_edges(nodes, 3);
-	links.map((l) => { l.label = 0 });
-	return {
-		name: 'Cube',
-		nodes: nodes,
-		links: links,
-		options: [ { name: '--' }],
-		description: `The three-dimensional measure polytope, the tesseract is its four-dimensional analogue.`,
-	};
-
-}
-
-
-
-function make_icosahedron_vertices() {
-	const phi = 0.5 * (1 + Math.sqrt(5));  
-
-	const nodes = [
-		{ x: 0, y: 1, z: phi, w: 0, label: 1 },
-		{ x: 0, y: -1, z: phi, w: 0, label: 1 },
-		{ x: 0, y: 1, z: -phi, w: 0, label: 1 },
-		{ x: 0, y: -1, z: -phi, w: 0, label: 1 },
-		{ x: 1, y: phi, z: 0, w: 0, label: 2 },
-		{ x: -1, y: phi, z: 0, w: 0, label: 2 },
-		{ x: 1, y: -phi, z: 0, w: 0, label: 2 },
-		{ x: -1, y: -phi, z: 0, w: 0, label: 2 },
-		{ x: phi, y: 0, z: 1, w: 0, label: 3},
-		{ x: phi, y: 0, z: -1, w: 0, label: 3},
-		{ x: -phi, y: 0, z: 1, w: 0, label: 3},
-		{ x: -phi, y: 0, z: -1, w: 0, label: 3},
-		];
-
-   	scale_nodes(nodes, 1/Math.sqrt((5 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2));
-	index_nodes(nodes);
-	return nodes;
-}
-
-
-
-export const icosahedron = () => {
-	const nodes  = make_icosahedron_vertices();
-	const links = auto_detect_edges(nodes, 5);
-	links.map((l) => l.label = 0);
-
-	return {
-		name: 'Icosahedron',
-		nodes: nodes,
-		links: links,
-		options: [
-			{ name: "--"},
-		],
-		description: `The icosahedron is a twenty-sided polyhedron and is dual to the dodecahedron. Its four-dimensional analogue is the 600-cell.`
 
 	}
 }
@@ -844,10 +714,6 @@ export const icosahedron = () => {
 
 export const build_all = () => {
 	return [
-		tetrahedron(),
-		octahedron(),
-		cube(),
-		icosahedron(),
 	 	dodecahedron(),
 	 	cell5(),
 		cell16(),
@@ -859,8 +725,4 @@ export const build_all = () => {
 	 	cell120_inscribed(),
 	 	cell120_layered()
 	 	];
-}
-
-export const radii = (shape) => {
-	return shape.nodes.map(n => Math.sqrt(n.x * n.x + n.y * n.y + n.z * n.z + n.w * n.w))
 }