I did something similar 9 years ago when I decided to make a 3D model of Escher's Belvedere: http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvedere.gif http://home.

I did something similar 9 years ago when I decided to make a 3D model of Escher's Belvedere: http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvedere.gif http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvedere.gif http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvedere_side_1.jpg http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvedere_side_1.jpg http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvederelg.jpg http://home.utah.edu/~u0386084/hsci_old/belvederelg.jpg For those familiar, the software I used (called Alpha_1) was originally written in 1980 as a testbed for the Oslo Algorithm, and basically a NURBS toolkit. The Oslo Algorithm would later pave the way for 3D rendering and ray tracing of NURBS as well as 3D CADD/CAM software.