Welcome to TalkGraphics.com
Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst ... 234
Results 31 to 36 of 36

Thread: Wotsitsname?

  1. #31
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    StPeters, MO USA
    Posts
    10,819

    Default Re: Wotsitsname?

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    you do realise that the suffix 'oid' refers the shape characteristic, as in 'ovoid' and not the shape itself as in 'oval' [for example]

    so even if the shape in question is a 'boboid' that still leaves open the question of what particular boboid it is....

    [isn't this where we came in....]
    Good points handrawn. Still I think Stadium should be about right, although I do like the term Boboid meaning a short stadium shape, which in my opinion is what Bob is showing.
    Larry a.k.a wizard509

    Never give up. You will never fail, but you may find a lot of ways that don't work.

  2. #32
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Maghull UK
    Posts
    6,202

    Default Re: Wotsitsname?

    I would say it's a fat cursus - the thing Ben Hur nearly died charioting round - which originally was the surround of a stadium [which was straight].

    My tuppence worth
    JOHN -XaReg (FB) XaReg (DB - ignore prompt to register)
    Windows 10 [Anniversary] pro Intel Pentium CPU G630 @ 2.70Ghz RAM: 4 GB; 64-bit x64

  3. #33
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    21,309

    Default Re: Wotsitsname?

    cursus - of course ! []

    now why didn't I think of that... cogito ergo dumb
    Last edited by handrawn; 17 June 2016 at 11:02 PM. Reason: my eyes are playing up; tis the [hay feaver]season
    -------------------------------
    Nothing lasts forever...

  4. #34
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    Toronto, Canada
    Posts
    792

    Default Re: Wotsitsname?

    Hi, just to keep the ball rolling, alternative names to stadium are discorectangle and obround, see the following link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_(geometry)

    Ciao

    Roly

  5. #35
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    SW England
    Posts
    17,823

    Default Re: Wotsitsname?

    Boboid means resembles a Bob. I just hope Bob isn't this shape.
    Acorn
    Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
    When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat

  6. #36
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    StPeters, MO USA
    Posts
    10,819

    Default Re: Wotsitsname?

    I couldn't get roly's link to work but this does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_(geometry). So according to this would it be called an obround.
    Larry a.k.a wizard509

    Never give up. You will never fail, but you may find a lot of ways that don't work.

 

 

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •