Show us your models and discuss model-making techniques. Paper? Wood? Single vs double tabs? etc.
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Welcome!
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robertw » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:47 am
Welcome to the Polyhedron Models forum!
Show us models you've made with help from Stella, and discuss model-making techniques.
What materials do...
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Fri May 20, 2011 3:13 pm
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Model Materials
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JonFS » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:56 pm
I have tried many different kinds of materials I can lay my hands on easily to make my models (including paper, cardboard, paint stirring sticks,...
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Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:14 am
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Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:01 pm
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Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:23 pm
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Colour problem
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Ericbludax » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:24 am
I am having trouble with my first proper model, the great icosahedron. When I print out the net the colour arrangements on the vertices only match...
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Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:13 pm
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Last post by Peter Kane
Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:20 am
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Delicate Flower or Triffid ?
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Peter Kane » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:38 am
Here is an image of the 4th stellation of the icoshedron that I finished yesterday. It looks pretty simple - after all it is only a stick model of...
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Last post by Peter Kane
Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:34 pm
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Gyro expanded truncated cube
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falmbeau » Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:25 pm
Hi,
I'm fascinated by the Stewart Toroids, and guided by the library in Great
Stella I built this gyro expanded truncated cube with Polydron....
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Last post by Peter Kane
Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:39 am
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:14 am
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Double Tabs.
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Gronkling » Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:37 pm
I use single tabs but they make my paper go soggy, the lines blur and you can somtimes see them through the paper. I want to use double tabs but when...
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Last post by Gronkling
Wed May 26, 2010 7:12 pm
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Last post by robertw
Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:03 am
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Geometric Christmas Ornaments
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RexEveryhting » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:13 pm
I just thought I'd let you all know I took a passion of mine and monetized it, and I've been actually making a few sales with it.
They're very...
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Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:09 pm
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Pentagonal Cabinet with Dodecahedron
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RTChoke » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:12 pm
Just bought Stella4D, will be using it to cut facets on my CNC machine thence to make wood realizations of the various shapes. I build furniture...
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Last post by RTChoke
Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:12 pm
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Dodecahedral Shape-shifter
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robertw » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:35 pm
Hey,
I just uploaded photos of a new shape I made. This one is flexible! It can transform between a regular dodecahedron and a rhombic...
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Last post by robertw
Wed May 13, 2009 9:30 am
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triangular cupola
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transcentainment » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:32 am
folded (quite ineptly) and then used as a prop for a photo - no photoshop in this picture at all.
here tis:
click on the image to enlarge a bit
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Last post by transcentainment
Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:32 am
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Polyhedral display cases
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robertw » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:55 am
Hi all,
I just moved to a new apartment, and bought two new display cases for my polyhedra. It's a nice way to present them I think. You can see...
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:55 am
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intersecting cylinders
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Ulrich » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:00 am
Hi Ulrich,
> This is the core of six intersecting cylinders (displayed like
> 60-fold prisms).
Maybe you'd consider writing a post about it and...
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Last post by Ulrich
Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:34 pm
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thin glass?
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Adamo » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:51 am
hello!
I came to your site (and, therefore, to the forums) by accident, but I`m amazed of your models and the Software..! They look fantastic,...
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Last post by 3katie3
Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:41 pm
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Mitre Angles
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Squeaky » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:28 pm
Hi Everybody,
I am fairly new to polyhedra but, quite recently, I have made several models in wood of the various basic shapes.
I am including one...
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Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:45 am
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Model of London Gherkin in Wood
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Squeaky » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:31 am
With a great deal of assistance from members of this forum I will, over the next few weeks, be constructing a model of the London Gherkin.
The top...
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:31 am
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Net Needed
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Squeaky » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:05 am
Perhaps it is me ..... but I cannot seem to find the net for a 4 frequency Icosahedral Geodesic Hemisphere.
Squeaky
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Last post by robertw
Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:37 am
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Printing Nets
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Squeaky » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:49 am
I wish to print copies of 'nets' together with selected 'edge data'.
How do I do this?
I wish to print out the edge lengths and mitre angles for...
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Last post by Squeaky
Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:08 pm
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My Next Project
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Squeaky » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:54 am
I wish to construct a model similar to this ... but twisted into a sort of figure of eight.
Similar to the image of a rubber 'O' ring
What I...
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Last post by Squeaky
Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:30 pm
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Posting Images
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Squeaky » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:02 am
Hi
I am a bit mystified!
How do I insert an image into a posting?
I click the box marked 'Img' then what ?
Simple terms only please .... I am...
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Last post by Squeaky
Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:12 pm
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Wax polyhedra!
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robertw » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:01 am
I've mostly stuck to paper polyhedra, but I did once try my hand at polyhedral candles, made from wax. Here's one I made:
And here it is still in...
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Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:01 am
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