Journal #6758 by DiscoStu

DiscoStu

Posted 13 years ago2010-09-04 18:24:30 UTC

It took me over two years, but I have finally found out that the name of the polyhedron I was looking for is tetrakis hexahedron.

It's a 24-sided regular polyhedron. Think of it as a cube whose square faces are turned into square pyramids.

I'm so happy.

Striker

Commented 13 years ago2010-09-04 18:52:14 UTC Comment #62022

That's easy to make in hammer.

DiscoStu

Commented 13 years ago2010-09-04 18:53:58 UTC Comment #62023

Yep, it is indeed. That doesn't help with its name when that's what you want to know, though

Tetsu0

Commented 13 years ago2010-09-05 13:26:01 UTC Comment #62020

Seems vertices from the square meet at a steeper angle than those of the pyramids.

DiscoStu

Commented 13 years ago2010-09-05 19:26:39 UTC Comment #62024

So that's what looked odd about it. Blame whoever drew it for Wikipedia.

Technically, though, it should be correct if all sides are of equal length.

Captain Terror

Commented 13 years ago2010-09-06 11:34:35 UTC Comment #62021

yay! =)

Journal #6758

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