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The Chiral Hybrid Offspring of a Rhombicosidodecahedron and a Snub Cube
Created using Stella 4d, software available as a free trial download right here.
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Tagged cross between, geometry, hybrid, Mathematics, polyhedra, polyhedron, rhombicosidodecahedron, snub cube
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A Rhombicosidodecahedron, with the Square Faces Rendered Invisible
This polyhedron’s square faces are hidden from view, so that you can see both the front and back of the solid as it rotates. I made this using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, which you can try for yourself, free, at … Continue reading
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The Eighteenth Stellation of the Rhombicosidodecahedron Is an Interesting Polyhedral Compound
The 18th stellation of the icosidodecahedron, shown above, is also an interesting compound. The yellow component of this compound is the rhombic triacontahedron, and the blue-and-red component is a “stretched” form of the truncated icosahedron. This was made using Stella … Continue reading
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Tagged compound, geometry, Mathematics, polyhedra, polyhedron, rhombic triacontahedron, rhombicosidodecahedron, stellation
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The Equal-Edge-Length, Pyramid-Augmented Rhombicosidodecahedron
The only difference between these two images is that the lower one is in “rainbow color mode.” Both were created using Stella 4d, which you can try for free at this website. I once made a physical model of this … Continue reading
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Ten Different Facetings of the Rhombicosidodecahedron
This is the rhombicosidodecahedron. It is considered by many people, including me, to be the most attractive Archimedean solid. To create a faceted polyhedron, the first step is to get rid of all the faces and edges, leaving only the … Continue reading
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Tagged facet, faceted, faceting, geometry, Mathematics, polyhedra, polyhedron, rhombicosidodecahedron
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A Variant of the Rhombicosidodecahedron Featuring Four Hexagons
This was made using Stella 4d, a program you can try for yourself at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
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Tagged geometry, hexagon, Mathematics, polyhedra, polyhedron, rhombicosidodecahedron
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