Java Kali

Kali is a program that lets you draw symmetrical patterns based on any of the 17 wallpaper groups, as well as several frieze and rosette groups.

It was written originally for the Silicon Graphics (SGI) workstations by Nina Amenta. In April of 1995, Jeff Weeks modified the program to run on Macintosh computers. In September of 1996, Mark Phillips modified it to run in Java. This Java version includes just the most basic features of the program; it may be expanded in the future.

For more about tilings, go to ScienceU

From here you can:

• Run the program (requires a Java-capable browser.)

• Read instructions on using the program
• View the source code and its documentation (not for casual users --- this is for people interested in programming in Java and/or in modifying Java Kali)
• Download Java Kali to your computer. This includes the source code, class files, and documentation.
  • Unix version (compressed tar file, approx 140Kb)
  • Windows 95/NT version (zip file, approx 100Kb)
  • Binhexed Mac version (binhexed self-extracting archive; approx 185Kb)
• Go to the Kali download page to read about versions of Kali that you can download to run on a Mac or an SGI workstation.

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Author: Mark Phillips
Comments to: webmaster@geom.umn.edu
Created: Sep 16 1996 --- Last modified: Wed Sep 18 18:03:24 1996