First, here is this polyhedron colored by face type.
Next, the faces are each given their own color, except for parallel faces, which have the sme color.
Finally, here’s what this polyhedron looks like in “rainbow color mode.”
I made these virtual models using Stella 4d, which you can try for yourself right here.
I made this by stellating the small icosihemidodecahedron, one of the uniform solids, once. I did this using Stella 4d, which you can try for free right here.
I made this using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, which you can try for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
I made these virtual models using Stella 4d, which you can try for yourself, for free, at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
I made this three-part compound using Stella 4d (available here) to repeatedly tetstell a truncated octahedron.
I’m 90% sure this hasn’t been found before. It has three-fold pyramidal symmetry.
Here is its net.
I used Stella 4d to make this. You can try this program for free at this website.
I made this using Stella 4d, which you can try for free right here. It’s a continuation of the post immediately before this one.
Starting with the rhombic triacontahedron, I tetstelled it three times, and found this unusual polyhedron. It has eighteen faces: six parallelograms, and twelve trapezoids.
Here’s what happened when I used Stella 4d‘s “try to make faces regular” function on the polyhedron above.
This solid has six rhombic faces, and twelve faces which are kites. Here is its dual:
Next, I returned to the red-and-yellow solid above, and tetstelled it numerous times, producing a compound of a cube and a distorted rhombic dodecahedron.
A few more tetstells produced this interesting three-part compound.
If you’d like to try Stella yourself, the website to visit is http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php. There’s a free trial download there.
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This is the familiar compound of the icosahedron and dodecahedron, except with both of those solids augmented on each face with short pyramids. I made it using Stella 4d, which you can try at this website.
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