Is there an better solution than an icosphere to evenly distribute faces with the same area on a sphere?
Dont matter if they are 3, 4 or n-sided polygons?
Hi,
Have you tried the round cube option? Mesh > Round Cube then in Operator Presets: Quadrasphere
https://cgcookie.com/questions/12582-what-happened-to-the-round-cube
I find to try a better solution for this, the quad solution does not better than the icosphere.
Both have their poles, but the distribution looks better on the icoshpere.
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Thera are only five which fulfill you requirements. The platonic solids.
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If anyone wondering- in add menu theres something called Geodesic Dome- and in options u can choose
4 face, 8 face, 20 face objects. and more…
I think theres tons of options- pretty sure theres everything there 
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Neat, you have to enable the add on though: “geodesic dome”.
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I think mathematicians should be asked this interesting question. And it depends on the needs. Like for sculpting a UV sphere is, in my opinion, a must. And the icosphere is but an approximation of a sphere.