HIPRESHigh pressure
Geometric Enlightenment
An interactive 3D viewer and open build guides for polyhedral LED infinity-mirror lamps made from two-way mirrors and 3D-printed frames.
Storm track
Time runs across. Height is maximum sustained wind, read from each status's METAR. The red ring marks the current position, and the cone ahead of it assumes conditions persist. A dashed stretch spans two weeks or more without a report, and the time axis breaks across it, marked // with how long it lasted.
Advisories /15, newest first/
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Advisory 15 HIPRES High pressure
Version 1.13.0 is live. The collapsible sections of the controls panel now open from the keyboard, and a Stormy Fans stamp is hidden somewhere on the site.
METAR XIML 012210Z 00000KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1030 NOSIG= -
Advisory 14 HIPRES High pressure
Settled. The review of every OpenSCAD source is finished, and the lamp designs are declared done.
METAR XIML 301000Z 00000KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1030 NOSIG= -
Advisory 13 CLR Clear
Shipped and clear. Version 1.12.0 is live, with all nine lamp packages rebuilt from one specification each and a viewer that keeps every lamp in frame.
METAR XIML 300530Z 00000KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1024 NOSIG RMK 9 BUILDS 51 PART TYPES= -
Advisory 12 GR Hail
Final faults cleared in review, and the design checks tightened a thousandfold with every part passing. The release is complete and tested, waiting only on its deploy.
METAR XIML 300240Z 26015G28KT 4000 TSGR BKN030CB 13/09 Q1007 NOSIG RMK DEPLOY PENDING= -
Advisory 11 DZ Drizzle
Every viewer control tested and its faults fixed. The newest release is ready to ship, with the first physical build after it.
METAR XIML 292330Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 13/09 Q1014 NOSIG RMK READY TO SHIP= -
Advisory 10 TSTM Thunderstorm
Three releases in one day. The site was reviewed and repaired, the cube lamp was re-engineered as a pilot, and the third release waits to go live.
SPECI XIML 291000Z 27018G32KT 5000 +TSRA BKN025CB 13/09 Q1009 RMK FREQ LTGICCG 3 RELEASES= -
Advisory 9 DZ Drizzle
Drizzle of review and tidying. Every design passed its geometry and fit checks, and the heading is now set for a first print, starting with a test joint and a measured LED edge.
METAR XIML 290215Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 13/09 Q1014 NOSIG RMK READY TO PRINT= -
Advisory 8 DSIPTG Dissipating
Winding down with eight lamp designs complete, all five Platonic solids among them. Next heading undecided, whether a gallery, more solids, or a first print.
METAR XIML 261400Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW100 13/09 Q1016 NOSIG RMK OPENSCAD CHECK DUE= -
Advisory 7 FOG Fog
Dovetails in, groove angles verified. Visibility limited to its own reflection, repeating.
METAR XIML 261000Z 00000KT 0100 FG VV001 13/13 Q1021 NOSIG RMK 12 FACES= -
Advisory 6 TSTM Thunderstorm
The icosahedron and octahedron lamps are complete, and the cube's overlapping pegs are fixed. All five Platonic solids are now done.
SPECI XIML 031000Z 27018G32KT 5000 +TSRA BKN025CB 13/09 Q1009 RMK FREQ LTGICCG 5 PLATONIC= -
Advisory 5 GR Hail
Hail across every shape's SCAD files, all of it repaired. A build playbook and verification tools now stand ready for the next shape.
METAR XIML 021000Z 26015G28KT 4000 TSGR BKN030CB 13/09 Q1007 NOSIG= -
Advisory 4 PTCLDY Partly cloudy
The cube lamp is designed, and its mirror has grown to fill the whole face.
METAR XIML 301000Z 24008KT 9999 SCT040 13/09 Q1015 NOSIG= -
Advisory 3 PTCLDY Partly cloudy
The earliest design file on record. A polyhedral system begins to organize over the workshop.
METAR XIML 231000Z 24008KT 9999 SCT040 13/09 Q1015 NOSIG= -
Advisory 2 CLR Clear
The site shipped at version 1.0.0.
METAR XIML 181000Z 00000KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1024 NOSIG= -
Advisory 1 PTCLDY Partly cloudy
The first viewer iteration. A polyhedral system begins to take shape on screen.
METAR XIML 281000Z 24008KT 9999 SCT040 13/09 Q1015 NOSIG=
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