This polyhedron contains the twenty triangles and twelve pentagons of a rhombicosidodecahedron — but they are all smaller than those found in that solid. As a result, the thirty squares of the rhombicosidodecahedron have each become, instead, irregular octagons.
To try the software I use to generate these images, simply visit http://www.software3d.com/stella.php — where a free trial download is available.
To create this, a central rhombicosidodecahedron had each of its faces augmented by pyramids, each of which uses only equilateral triangles for lateral faces.
Software credit: The program used to make this image, Stella 4d, may be tried for free at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.
We’re out of school today because of an ice storm, and I wanted to make a snowman. However, we got very little snow — mostly freezing rain and sleet fell — so I can’t make a traditional snowman. Also, it’s really cold outside. So, instead, I stayed inside, where it’s warm, and made a polyhedral snowman out of (from top to bottom) an icosahedron, an icosidodecahedron, and a rhombicosidodecahedron.
Software credit: see http://www.software3d.com/stella.php for a free trial download of Stella 4d, the software used to make this image.
Software credit: see http://www.software3d.com/stella.php — free trial download available.
Software credit: visit http://www.software3d.com/stella.php for more information on the program used to make this rotating image. A free trial download is available.
Software credit: visit http://www.software3d.com/stella.php for more information on the program used to make this rotating image. A free trial download is available.
To make this “cube,” I started with an octahedron, and then augmented all eight of its faces with rhombicosidodecahedra. Such polyhedral manipulations are quick and easy with Stella 4d, available at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.
Created using Stella 4d, software which is available at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.
Projecting images on the sun, earth, and moon onto the faces of a rhombicosidodecahedron was accomplished with Stella 4d, software you may try for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
For more on the software used to make this, please see http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.
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