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About RobertLovesPi

I go by RobertLovesPi on-line, and am interested in many things, a large portion of which are geometrical. Welcome to my own little slice of the Internet. The viewpoints and opinions expressed on this website are my own. They should not be confused with those of my employer, nor any other organization, nor institution, of any kind.

Eleven

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Eleven

A New Near-Miss to the 92 Johnson Solids

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A New Near-Miss to the 92 Johnson Solids

This is a face-based zonish truncated icosahedron.

I’ve only been looking for a new near-miss for a decade!

Software credit: see www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

The Widened Edges of a Rhombic Dodecahedron

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The Widened Edges of a Rhombic Dodecahedron

Rendered with Stella 4d: you may try it for free at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

If you shoot for the moon….

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If you shoot for the moon....

Zonish Icosidodecahedron

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Zonish Icosidodecahedron

To make this, I started with an icosidodecahedron, then added zonogons to the existing faces, in the ten zones along the three-fold symmetry axes.

Software used: Stella 4d. You may find it at www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Mandala Based on the Number 18

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Mandala Based on the Number 18

A Twisted Version of the Snub Dodecahedron

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A Twisted Version of the Snub Dodecahedron

Some might say the snub dodecahedron was twisted enough already, but I wanted to crank it up a notch, so I made this . . . using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, a program found at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Starflower

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Starflower

Created using software found at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Mandala Based on the Number 14

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Mandala Based On the Number Fourteen

A New Look at the Great Stellated Dodecahedron

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A New Look at the Great Stellated Dodecahedron

In this virtual model, opposite planes have the same color. The beveling of the edges, this coloring method, plus the invisibility of certain parts, make the faces appear to be extensions of triangles, or triads of “v” shapes. Without this beveling effect on this coloring-method, however, it is easy to see that the true faces of this polyhedron are star pentagons. To see this second model enlarged — with this polyhedron’s traditional coloring — simply click on it.

Great Stellated Dodeca

The site to visit if you want to know how to make .gifs like these is http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.