On the Verge

Mysterious

I made this with Stella 4d, which you can download here.

The Great Rhombicosidodecahedron, Built from Rhombic Triacontahedra, and Its Dual

The great rhombicosidodecahedron is also known as the truncated icosidodecahedron (and, confusingly, several other names). Regardless of what it’s called, these pictures demonstrate that this Archimedean solid can be constructed using rhombic triacontahedra as building-blocks.

First, here’s one in the same color I used for the decagonal ring of rhombic triacontahedra in the last post:

GRID of Rhombic Triaconta

The next one is identical, except I used “rainbow color mode” for it.

GRID of Rhombic Triaconta RB

Also, just in case you’re curious, here’s the dual of this polyhedron-made-of-polyhedra — this time, colored by face-type.

dual of GRID of Rhombic Triaconta

These virtual models were all built using Stella 4d, software you may buy, or try for free, right here.

Decagonal Ring of Rhombic Triacontahedra

ring of ten Rhombic Triaconta

Ten rhombic triacontahedra fit perfectly into a decagonal ring. It’s not a “near-miss” — the fit is exact.

I made this with Stella 4d, software you can try for free, or purchase, at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

A Rhombic Dodecahedron, Built from Icosahedra and Octahedra

RD made of octas and icosas

I assembled this using Stella 4d, software available here.