Dodecahedron with Turquoise Stars

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Dodecahedron with Turquoise Stars

Programs used: Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint, to make the turquoise stars; and Stella 4d, to place that image of each face of this polyhedron, and then make this rotating .gif file.

Stella 4d may be tried for free at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Polyhedron with 240 Faces, in Four Sets of Sixty

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Polyhedron with 240 Faces, in Four Sets of Sixty

The 240 faces are:

  • 60 small isosceles triangles
  • 60 large isosceles triangles
  • 60 small kites
  • 60 larger irregular pentagons, with one side each that is so short that they strongly resemble kites

Created with Stella 4d, available at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Great Rhombicosidodecahedron with Interference Patterns

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Great Rhombicosidodecahedron with Interference Patterns

Programs used: Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint, to make the image seen in the previous post; and Stella 4d, to place that image of each face of this polyhedron, and then make this rotating .gif file.

Stella 4d may be tried for free at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Interference

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Interference