Comment by eliteraspberrie

Beautiful! So the dot pattern here is "face centered cubic," right? Would you get a better density with a "hexagonal close-packed" pattern? It may make a difference visually. I would love to see a comparison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-packing_of_equal_spheres (We memorized this stuff in chemistry class and I never saw it again so I may be completely wrong.)