It's about Girih tiles, which are used to make many of the gorgeous and intricate patterns seen in centuries-old Islamic architecture.
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMH0IdxWBHxAJv5ZYJ2PsX5RfnlvzzpGKn8gR7hNC7uEVi4SeWIpbgJ5bQuH44lkEDiVHP54fdAW3JQZPNxSHRDxWfk1GfbjUYZgrritqMEFVkbh4LKdDSXx7QnSiXLqshG5s-5jNICXh/s200/Girih37.png)
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP2E2At8B1pZ0i89HIsBEpaQMYLOQbApeMNSyBZxlBhwidH-ivyAwkAOIkfOYxjsyQ3Cn8j4CQ-J99ppn0Sake_RWOvXgj8vjYRIhFPAGw_t8edwK6SSvxmJSKatvyt5L-tuAMw8MC8Ym/s200/Girih42.png)
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When you take advantage of SketchUp's components, you can transform tiled models into amazing objects:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGhlqT8Lvhxboq8COtg28vmvtcDa9St8Vl8EaknVv_L2t1UbL7VhZGCk0Q05o9WL7t5xIHvtQwH5Wcyboz9Kwp7kAwWsbw-V5aZH_-NX-p2CyzZjaqaBE7g81j5EncD5_TpbVWG7ntbS0/s320/Girih53.png)
The story of the discovery of these tiles is rather fascinating: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/science/27math.html
If you want to play around with these tiles yourself, download the project - it's free!
Anyone can design anything in 3D! http://www.3dvinci.net/
2 comments:
Bonnie;
your link for the Girih tiles is to your own local drive!
just FYI
Oops, you're right, thanks! Link is fixed.
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