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Eric E Palmer edited this page Oct 23, 2026 · 1 revision

Triax is a program that generates a basic ICQ shape model that is a triaxal shape, which works for spheres and oblate spheres also.

Input

When you run triax, you need to provide the semimajor axes for a, b and c.

  • a is half of the longest equatorial diameter
  • b is half of equatorial diameter that is 90 degrees from a
  • c is half of the polar diamter

You also provide a Q factor (8 is a good place to start) and the filename.

.4305 .4115 .4115
8
RY-003.TXT

Output

The output is an ICQ shape model at whatever Q level specified.

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