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🧊 Flatland Cross-Sections of 3D Solids: 2D

2D Flatland view of a rotating Platonic solid or sphere sliced by a movable plane: see the slice polygon, its area and perimeter, and the area-versus-height curve whose integral returns the solid's volume.

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2D Flatland view of a rotating Platonic solid or sphere sliced by a movable plane: see the slice polygon, its area and perimeter, and the area-versus-height curve whose integral returns the solid's volume.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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