Tag: symmetry

Two Non-convex Polyhedra with Cuboctahedral Symmetry

I made both of these while playing around with Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, a program you can try out for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Four Symmetrohedra with Tetrahedral Symmetry

Symmetrohedra are polyhedra with some form of polyhedral symmetry, and many (not necessarily all) regular faces. The first two symmetrohedra here each include four regular enneagons as faces.

The next two symmetrohedra each include four regular dodecagons as faces.

All four of these were made using Stella 4d, which you can try out for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

A Pyritohedral, Stellated Polyhedron, and Its Convex Hull

To make this polyhedron using Stella 4d (available here), I began with the dodecahedron, dropped the symmetry of the model from icosahedral to tetrahedral, and then stellated it thirteen times. 

Dodeca 13th tetstell.gif

This stellated polyhedron has pyritohedral symmetry, but this is easier to see in its convex hull:

Convex hull of the dodecahedron's 13th tetstell.gif

The eight blue triangles in this convex hull are equilateral, while the twelve yellow ones are golden isosceles triangles.

A Miscellany of Polyhedra with Icosidodecahedral Symmetry

20 at 5 and 60 at 5 and 20 at 6 and 60 at 7242 faces mostly quadsConvex hull bstarballAll quads 240 facesAugmented DisdyakistriacontaConvex hull with 12 reg icosagonsConvex hulldecagons enneagons bowtie trapezoids stellated several timesDual of Convex hullashgdfasfdual of polyhedron with 12 pentadecagonsDual of Unnamed DualFaceted Dodeca duAL OF FIRST STELLATION OF ICOSAFaceted DodecaFaceted ICOSIDodecaHEDRAL POLYHEDRONStellated Convex hull 2Stellated Convex hullstellated Dual of Convex hullashgdfasfStellated Poly 4Stellated Poly 3.gifZonohedrified Poly.gifUnnamed Dual nc.gifZonohedrified Icosa.gif

All of these polyhedra were made using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. If you’d like to try this program yourself, simply visit http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php, where a free trial download is available.

Some Tetrahedral Stellations of the Truncated Cube

I created these with Stella 4d, which you may try for free at this website. To make a given polyhedral stellation appear larger, simply click on it.

Tetrahedrally-Symmetric Creatures with Polyhedral Legs

Each of these has a tetrahedron hidden from view in the center.

augmented-tetra

augmented-tetra-2

augmented-tetra-3

augmented-tetra-4

These were made using Stella 4d, which you may try for yourself here.

A Gallery of Two Dozen Polyhedra with Icosidodecahedral Symmetry, with a Few of Them Chiral

Any of these rotating polyhedra may be made larger with a click. I created them using Stella 4d, a program you may try (as a free trial download) at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.