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Triacontahedral Tube

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Triacontahedral Tube

The software used to make this is available as a free trial download at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Ring of Ten Rhombic Triacontahedra

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Ring of Ten Rhombic Triacontahedra

I made this .gif with Stella 4d, software available as a free trial download at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Ring of Ten Rhombicosidodecahedra

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Ring of Ten Rhombicosidodecahedra

If oriented just right, ten rhombicosidodecahedra can be stuck together to form a regular decagonal ring.

You may try the software I used to make this, as a free trial download, at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

An Icosahedral Cluster of Truncated Icosahedra

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An Icosahedral Cluster of Truncated Icosahedra

Software credit: http://www.software3d.com/stella.php

Seven snub cubes almost make a perfect ring. There’s a small region of overlap between two of them which precludes perfection in this case. If you click on the image, it will rotate, and you’ll be able to spot this overlap-region more easily.

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

Rotating Polyhedral Helix

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Rotating Polyhedral Helix

It’s made of metabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedra, and can be continued indefinitely.

Software credit, for the program used to create this .gif: see http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php for download and trial demo.

From the Stellation-Series of the Dodecahedron/Icosahedron Compound

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From the Stellation-Series of the Dodecahedron/Icosahedron Compound

See http://www.software3d.com/stella.php for more about the software used to produce this .gif.

Metaicosidodecahedron

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Metaicosidodecahedron

This is an icosidodecahedron which is, itself, made of smaller icosidodecahedra.

Software credit: see http://www.software3d.com/stella.php (free trial download available)

An Augmented Icosidodecahedron

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Augmented Icosidodecahedron

You can’t see the icosidodecahedron here, for it is hidden in the center. Each of its triangular faces is augmented with an icosahedron, and each of its pentagonal faces is augmented with a dodecahedron.

Software credit: see http://www.software3d.com/stella.php (free trial download available).