I stumbled upon this while using Stella 4d to modify existing polyhedra. You may find this program at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
Odd Polyhedral Cluster
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Octagonal Mandala II
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If the colors are inverted, but the background remains black, this is what it turns into:
Camping In Hexagonal Tents On a Tessellated Plane
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Squares and Triangles
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Here’s what it looks like with different colors (click to enlarge it):
A Gallery of Nine Tessellations Using Hexagons
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Pictured above is the most familiar hexagonal tessellation. I’ve found some additional tessellations which use equilateral (but non-equiangular) hexagons, and have radial symmetry. They appear, using various coloring-schemes, below.
A Rhombic Dodecahedron Featuring Rotating Pentagonal Mandalas
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Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint were both used to make the images on the faces of this polyhedron, and then Stella 4d was used to put it all together and create this rotating image. Stella may be bought, and/or tried for free, at www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
A Pentagonal Mandala In Primary Colors
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The Center of a Radial Tessellation Featuring Regular Pentadecagons
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Thirty Flying Rhombi
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I used Stella 4d to make this image, and you can find that program at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
Thirty Flying Hexagons
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When I tweet a link to this blog-post as @robertlovespi, it will likely be quickly retweeted by @hexagonbot, simply because of the term “hexagon” being included in the tweet. What I don’t understand: Why do other polygons not have bots of their own?
I used Stella 4d to make this image, and you can find that program at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
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