Is this even possible?

Greetings!

i searched "sphere" and "dome" and haven't found anything yet, but is it possible to automate a turtle to build a sphere, or dome, based on a users radius input?
i was thinking:

if radius = a valid radius for it to build and materials are available
than build user specified sphere/dome
else
incorrect radius please try these examples
end

i'm very new to this and was trying to find an example, or if its even possible.

Thanks!

possible… yes… do I know the formula you would need to do it… no… sorry

also most radius' would be a valid one, it just needs to work out how many blocks it will need.

yeah , it just requires alot of math

heres a link to some answers to a similar question
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9084189/draw-a-sphere-using-3d-pixels-voxels

etopsirhc, on 11 January 2013 - 08:58 PM said:

yeah , it just requires alot of math

heres a link to some answers to a similar question
http://stackoverflow...d-pixels-voxels

Second answer looks like it could be handy, and easily ported to Lua… :)/>

Someone has already done this for you!

Here.

GravityScore, on 11 January 2013 - 09:06 PM said:

Someone has already done this for you!

Here.

I knew that existed… I knew I wasn't crazy! Why didn't that come up when I tried to search it! :angry:/>

thats funny cause i searched for sphere, and dome, and none of that came up! so weird! thanks for the help guys i'll take a look :D/>

so how about this one! The turtle has a start location, and then you send him into a cave and it will look at the walls of the cave for ores and such. you can specify how far away its allowed to go from its starting area. maybe something like this

x = turtle start location
y = turtle start location
z = turtle start location
while not go forward
  compare filter blocks w/ surroundings
  attack
  dig
  forward
else
  forward
end
if location > x, y , z then
return to start location
else
continue
end

i know thats super sloppy but i'm hoping to find something new!