Origami Truncated Octahedron
Open the lower section to create the octahedron.
Origami truncated octahedron. In this post we are going to explore that concept further by making two more geometric models. 30 pieces 9x4 5 cm 1 2 ratio also chcek out my other videos. Created by michal kosmulski design by robert neale.
The first is the truncated icosahedron which is a common stitching pattern for a soccer ball the second was supposed to be the pentakis dodecahedron but through. This is a truncated octahedron which is the shape you get when you take an octahedron and chop off the 6 tips. Tuck the top right section into the gap.
4 easy bookmarks diy https. In geometry the truncated octahedron is an archimedean solid it has 14 faces 8 regular hexagonal and 6 square 36 edges and 24 vertices since each of its faces has point symmetry the truncated octahedron is a zonohedron it is also the goldberg polyhedron g iv 1 1 containing square and hexagonal faces. Last post the sonobe unit was introduced as a way to use multiple copies of a simply folded piece of paper to make geometric objects.
Now you should have a three dimensional octahedron. Today s model is one of my earliest original designs. Unit polyhedron origami by tomoko fuse model.
Truncated octahedron designed by me. Double sided convex hexagonal ring solid paper. Like the cube it can tessellate or pack 3 dimensional space as a permutohedron.
I kept this on my office desk. Tuck the top left flap into the right section keeping the top right section together.
