Tutorials/Creating shapes

Blocky shapes, such as squares and rectangles, are easy to make in Minecraft, because of the fact that the world is made up of square blocks. On the other hand, other shapes, such as circles and triangles, are harder. Although there can never be perfect circle or perfect triangle in the blocky world of Minecraft, this tutorial shows the closest to a circle or triangle you can make.

2 Dimensional Shapes
These 2 dimensional shapes only have length and height. Most 3 dimensional shapes are based off of one or more 2 dimensional shapes.

Right Triangle
Right triangles are probably the easiest triangle to make, because of the fact that two of their sides are straight lines, going either vertical or horizontal. Only one side is diagonal. The following grids show how to make a right triangle with a 4 block base and height, and one with a 9 block base and height.

Equilateral Triangle
Equilateral triangles are a little bit more abstract than right triangles, but they still have a clear way to build them. First, build a line of blocks however long you want your triangle to be. Then, build one block up on each side. Continue by building in sets of 2 blocks up, going 1 block inwards each time. Look at the following grids for examples: