Turquoise Stars

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Turquoise Stars

First Stellation of the Rhombic Dodecahedron

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First Stellation of the Rhombic Dodecahedron

Software used: see http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Rhombic Dodecahedron with Standing Waves

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Rhombic Dodecahedron with Standing Waves

This was created by request, using software you may try for yourself at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Polyhedron Featuring 110 Faces

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Polyhedron Featuring 110 Faces

The 110 faces are:

  • sixty irregular pentagons
  • thirty elongated, irregular hexagons
  • twenty hexagons which are equiangular, and nearly equilateral as well

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

Polyhedron Featuring 242 Faces

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Polyhedron Featuring 242 Faces

The 242 faces are:

  • sixty irregular heptagons
  • sixty rectangles
  • sixty isosceles trapezoids
  • thirty irregular octagons
  • twenty hexagons which are equiangular but not quite equilateral
  • twelve regular pentagons

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

An Expanded Version of the Rhombic Enneacontahedron

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An Expanded Version of the Rhombic Enneacontahedron

To try the program I use to make these, just visit http://www.software4d.com/stella.php.

Polyhedron Featuring 132 Faces

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Polyhedron Featuring 132 Faces

The 132 faces are:

  • sixty isosceles triangles, in 30 pairs with common bases
  • twelve regular pentagons
  • sixty isosceles triangles with bases on the sides of each pentagon

This polyhedron is the dual of the one in the previous post.

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

A Polyhedron with Eighty Faces

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A Polyhedron with 80 Faces

The eighty faces are:

  • twenty hexagons which are equilateral, but not equiangular
  • sixty irregular pentagons

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

A Polyhedron with 140 Faces

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Polyhedron with 140 Faces

The 140 faces are:

  • 20 equilateral triangles
  • 60 irregular pentagons
  • 60 non-equilateral, isosceles triangles

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

The Eighteenth Stellation of a Rhombicosidodecahedron Which Had Invisible Square Faces

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The Eighteenth Stellation of a Rhombicosidodecahedron Which Had Invisible Square Faces

Created using Stella 4d, software which is available at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.