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dheera on Feb 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do we round corners?

On the other hand I have a deep hate for things rounded in 3 dimensions for physical objects. They look cheap. Round in 2 but not 3 dimensions.

3 dimensions: https://www.macworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/iphone-s...

2 dimensions: https://4.img-dpreview.com/files/p/articles/2759540226/Apple...

8note on Feb 15, 2022 [–]

You still want fillets or chamfers in 3d. Properly sharp edges in any dimension will still hurt you and catch on things

dheera on Feb 15, 2022 | [–]

yeah the chamfers I'll give you that, wasn't counting those

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