Escher tilings, straight from a prompt.

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01 — Wallpaper symmetry group

All 17 wallpaper groups, labelled with their crystallographic (IUC) name. Hexagonal entries are shape variants of the same group as their parent.

Translation only

Mirrors & glides

2-fold rotation

4-fold rotation

3-fold rotation

6-fold rotation

Special / debug

02 — Prompt

51/600 characters

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Any value in range is sent exactly as typed. Presets are only suggestions.

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