Two Convex Polyhedra with Tetrahedral Symmetry, Each Featuring Four Regular Dodecagons

tet variant featuring reg dodecagons and equits

The polyhedron above is a tetrahedrally-symmetric polyhedron featuring regular dodecagons and triangles, as well as two types of trapezoidal faces.

tet variant using reg dodecagons and hexagons

To make this second polyhedron from the first one, I first augmented each dodecagonal face with an antiprism, took the convex hull of the result, and then used the “try to make faces regular” function of the polyhedron-manipulation software I use, Stella 4d, which can be tried for free right here. The result is a polyhedron which maintains tetrahedral symmetry, and has, as faces, regular dodecagons and hexagons, as well as trapezoids and rectangles.

A Mandala Made of Hexagons, Enneagons, and Dodecagons

recreational math from 2011

I recently re-discovered this “lost work,” which I made using Geometer’s Sketchpad, in 2011 — before I started this blog, which is why it has not appeared here before.

A Variant of the Octahedron Which Features Regular Dodecagons and Quadrilaterals of Three Types

8 dodecagons etc

(See here for more information on Stella 4d, the software used to create this image.)

Tessellation Featuring Squares, Regular Hexagons and Dodecagons, and Thirty Degree Rhombi

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Tessellation in Four Colors #2

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Tessellation in Four Colors #1

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Tessellation in Four Colors

Tessellation Featuring Regular Dodecagons and Triangles, As Well As Several Types of Non-Convex, Equilateral Polygons

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Tessellation Featuring Regular Dodecagons and Triangles, As Well As Several Types of Non-Convex, Equilateral Polygons

Thirteen Dodecagonal Rings of Dodecagons

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Thirteen Dodecagonal Rings of Dodecagons

Op Art Based On an Elongated Dodecagon

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Op Art Based On an Elongated Dodecagon

Elongated Dodecagon with Sides and Diagonals Extended As Lines

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Elliptical Dodecagon with Sides and Diagonals Extended As Lines