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Joseph O'Rourke
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This is not what you are looking for, but I have had success explaining the Voronoi diagram and the medial axis by pouring dry sand. Here's an example of the medial axis. In (b) of the figure, one can discern a parabolic arc caused by the reflex vertex.


         
          Figure from [Discrete and Computational Geometry](http://cs.smith.edu/~jorourke/DCG/).

This is not what you are looking for, but I have had success explaining the Voronoi diagram and the medial axis by pouring dry sand. Here's an example of the medial axis. In (b), one can discern a parabolic arc caused by the reflex vertex.


         
          Figure from [Discrete and Computational Geometry](http://cs.smith.edu/~jorourke/DCG/).

This is not what you are looking for, but I have had success explaining the Voronoi diagram and the medial axis by pouring dry sand. Here's an example of the medial axis. In (b) of the figure, one can discern a parabolic arc caused by the reflex vertex.


         
          Figure from [Discrete and Computational Geometry](http://cs.smith.edu/~jorourke/DCG/).
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Joseph O'Rourke
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This is not what you are looking for, but I have had success explaining the Voronoi diagram and the medial axis by pouring dry sand. Here's an example of the medial axis. In (b), one can discern a parabolic arc caused by the reflex vertex.


         
          Figure from [Discrete and Computational Geometry](http://cs.smith.edu/~jorourke/DCG/).