
I made this faceting of the rhombicosidodecahedron using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. You can try this program out, for free, at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
I made this faceting of the rhombicosidodecahedron using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. You can try this program out, for free, at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
Robert, does Stella tell you the dihedral angle measurements? I’m looking for software that has that capability… And conversely, to be able to specify dihedral angles? Thanks
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I had never tried to do this before, but it took me less than a minute to figure out how to measure dihedral angles in Stella. As for the converse, I don’t think the software lets you specify dihedral angles, but I could be wrong.
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Why is the rhombicosidodecahedron called that name? None of the faces is a rhombus.
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That’s a good question, but I don’t know the answer.
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I found this Etymology:
From rhomb(ic) + icosidodecahedron, referring to the fact that the 30 square faces lie in the same planes as the 30 (rhombic) faces of the rhombic triacontahedron, which is dual to the icosidodecahedron. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rhombicosidodecahedron
I knew about the duals.
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