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These are the three types of cell that make up this polychoron, with
matching colours (the blue cells are hidden). Can you identify where
each cell goes? They are distorted by the perspective projection from
4D to 3D.
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Let's start building the model. Here are the different kinds of net
printed by Stella4D. Initially it wanted to combine the two large
yellow nets, but I used Cutting Mode to separate these since I felt it
would make construction more difficult.
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Start by putting together the central part. It's pretty straight
forward.
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The central part is nearing completion.
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The central part is complete and one of the larger yellow parts is
attached. This makes a nice model on its own!
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Continue outwards. I found that the model took some coaxing to line up
in the outer layer, I suppose because there are so many parts connected
in multiple ways due to all the holes, but it turned out pretty well.
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A slightly different view of the same model.
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You can see how big the model is here, with Stella4D running in the
background showing the same model.
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Here's a net of the 4D polytope unfolded into 3D space.
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