AB,

I'm trying to catch up but my net connection to my home computer is slow as heck. I won't be able to post the actual props until I get home in a few hours.

Meanwhile, I have a screen shot showing the five fundamental tesselations I've been trying.

Bottom left I call quad, and it's almost the worst, despite the fact that it is used most often!

Top right is hexagonal tris (hex) and that is the best, by far.

The bottom right is the homogeneous diagonal tri (ditri) and it works pretty well.

Top left is the 8-point X triangle arrangement (xtri) and that sucks big time.

The middle one, alternating tri (altri or zigzag), I haven't really tested but I thought I should make it.

I also have an idea that versions of these with slightly randomized vertex positions (jitter) is worth investigating.

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