Very welcome Barb . I don't remember the script's name now, but it didn't work on later Apo versions (get a circular blurry shape with trillions of triangles). So, I'm a bit confused here, because you seemingly made it work. The other way is like you said, duplicating and rotating slightly...and that repeated thousands of times.
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