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Origami - Diamante PDF
Origami - Diamante PDF
Polyhedra are beautiful 3-D geometrical figures that have fascinated philosophers,
mathematicians and artists for millennia
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Paper Models of Polyhedra
Platonic Solids
Dodecahedron
Cube and Tetrahedron
Octahedron
Icosahedron
Archimedean Solids
Cuboctahedron
Icosidodecahedron
Truncated Tetrahedron
Truncated Octahedron
Truncated Cube
Truncated Icosahedron (soccer ball)
Truncated dodecahedron
Rhombicuboctahedron
Truncated Cuboctahedron
Rhombicosidodecahedron
Truncated Icosidodecahedron
Snub Cube
Snub Dodecahedron
Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra
Great Stellated Dodecahedron
Small Stellated Dodecahedron
Great Icosahedron
Great Dodecahedron
Compounds
Stella Octangula
Compound of Cube and Octahedron
Compound of Dodecahedron and Icosahedron
Compound of Two Cubes
Compound of Three Cubes
Compound of Five Cubes
Compound of Five Octahedra
Compound of Five Tetrahedra
Compound of Truncated Icosahedron and Pentakisdodecahedron
Other Polyhedra
Pentagonal Hexecontahedron
Pentagonalconsitetrahedron
Pyramid
Pentagonal Pyramid
Decahedron
Rhombic Dodecahedron
Great Rhombihexacron
Pentagonal Dipyramid
Pentakisdodecahedron
Small Triakisoctahedron
Small Triambic Icosahedron
Polyhedra Made of Isosceles Triangles
Third Stellation of the Icosahedron
Sixth Stellation of the Icosahedron
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
Ninth Stellation of the Icosahedron
Final Stellation of the Icosahedron
Kaleidocycles
Hexagonal Kaleidocycle
Octagonal Kaleidocycle
Decagonal Kaleidocycle
7 11
5
9. 12
2 4
10 6.
8
Dodecahedron
Dodecahedron
Cube
Tetrahedron
Cube
5 1 2 6
3
4
3 Tetrahedron
2
1
Octahedron
Icosahedron
Cuboctahedron
Icosidodecahedron
Truncated Tetrahedron
Truncated Octahedron
Truncated Cube
Truncated icosahedron
Truncated dodecahedron
Rhombicuboctahedron
Truncated cuboctahedron
Rombicosidodecahedron
Truncated Icosidodecahedron
Snub cube
Snub cube
Right-handed
Snub dodecahedron
Snub dodecahedron
Right-handed
Small Stellated Dodecahedron
2
3
4
5
6
8
Octahemioctahedron
type 1
type 2
7 13
11
5 12
10 1
3 4
14
13
Cubohemioctahedron
Small Rhombidodecahedron
(small version)
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Small Rhombidodecahedron
(large version)
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A
B
F C
E D
B
A
C
A
D
A
E
A
F
A
Small dodecahemiododecahedron
P
Great Stellated Dodecahedron
made out of five pieces of paper.
Cut the lines between the long
and the short sides of the triangles.
Fold the long lines backwards and
fold the short lines forwards.
N= Next part P= Previous part
P
Great Stellated Dodecahedron
made out of five pieces of paper.
Cut the lines between the long
and the short sides of the triangles.
Fold the long lines backwards and
fold the short lines forwards.
N= Next part P= Previous part
P
Great Stellated Dodecahedron
made out of five pieces of paper.
Cut the lines between the long
and the short sides of the triangles.
Fold the long lines backwards and
fold the short lines forwards.
N= Next part P= Previous part
P
Great Stellated Dodecahedron
made out of five pieces of paper.
Cut the lines between the long
and the short sides of the triangles.
Fold the long lines backwards and
fold the short lines forwards.
N= Next part P= Previous part
P
Pentagonale hexacontahedron
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
Pentagonallconssitetrahedron
Stella Octangula
Type 1
Type 2
Compound of two
Cubes
Compound of Three Cubes
(Small version)
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Compound of Three Cubes
(Small version)
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A
C
F G
G
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
G
On this page a compound of five cubes
made of one piece of paper.
On the next pages a compound of five
cubes made of 7 pieces of paper
Instructions:
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B A
B
G
C
C
G
E E
B
A
A
C
A
A
E
A
G
A
Compound of five Octahedra
If you use paper in five different colors
each octahedron has a different color
Color 1
A D
H G
E
R
C I
B U
M d
P F
N O
Y Q
L c
K T
W a S
J
X Z
V b
Compound of five Octahedra
Color 2
B F
K J
G
W
D
A
C L
N O
Q S
E R
d c
M
P
T Y
U Z
V X
H b
I a
Compound of five Octahedra
Color 3
C I
L D
J K
B M
Y
A
O P
R Q
F S
G
N
E
H
X Z
V b
W a
T
d
U c
Compound of five Octahedra
Color 4
D K
F O
L P
A B
E G
I H
S R
U Q
C
T
J a
Z b
X d
Y c
V M
W N
Compound of five Octahedra
Color 5
E N
G R
O H
D F
A
B
J C
T V
I U
K a
W S
X d
Y c
Z b
L P
M Q
Pyramids
Pentagonal pyramid
Decahedron
Rhombic Dodecahedron
Great Rhombihexacron
X
‘Dodecahedron’
A convex dodecahedron
(not a platonic solid)
constructed of 12
isosceles triangles
Hexakaidecahedron
‘Icosahedron’
A convex icosahedron
(not a platonic solid)
constructed of 20
isosceles triangles
Icositetrahedron
Icosioctahedron
Tricontidihedron
Tricontihexahedron
Tetracontahedron
Hecatohedron
Third Stallation of the Icosahedron
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X
X
X
Third Stallation of the Icosahedron
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X
X
X
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(small version)
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Part A:
X
X
X
Parts B-M
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large version)
First glue the parts A until F
Glue the 12 other parts on the ABCDEF
B
D
F
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large version)
A
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large version)
A
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large version)
A
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large version)
A
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large version)
A
F
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large)
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large)
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large)
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large)
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large)
Sixth Stallation of the Icosahedron
(large)
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
A D
B
D
C C
B G
A
G
F F
C I
A
I
H H
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
D E
A
E
J J
E F
D
F
L L
F B
E
B
N N
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
G H
B
H
O O
H C
G
C
Q Q
I J
C
J
R R
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
J D
I
D
K K
K L
J
L
S S
L E
K
E
M M
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
M N
L
N
T T
N M
O
M
F F
O G
N
G
P P
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
P Q
O
Q
T T
Q H
P
H
R R
R I
Q
I
S S
Seventh Stellation of the Icosahedron
S K
R
K
T T
T P
M
P
S S
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
(Large version)
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B B
D A
F
F
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
(Large version)
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A
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
(Large version)
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A
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
(Large version)
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A
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
(Large version)
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A
Eighth Stellation of the Icosahedron
(Large version)
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F
Ninth Stellation of the Icosahedron
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C F
B A
B A
F C
A F
B C
E G
E G
D K
D K
C F
B C
A A
A A
C D D E
D E
H I
H I
G H
G H
B C
D E
A A
A A
E F
F B
F B
J K
J K
I J
I J
D E
K L
B G
B G
C C
G C
H C
H D
H D
L I
L I
K L
H F
D K
D K
I E J L
E L
J I
J I
L E
L E
H F
G K
B G
B G
K L
F H
F H
J I
J I
L J
L J
G K
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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A B
F D
E
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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B A
C K
G
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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C A
D G
H
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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D A
E H
I
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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E A
F I
J
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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F A
B J
K
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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G B
C L
H
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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H C
D L
I
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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I D
E L
J
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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J E
F L
K
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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K F
B L
G
Final Stellation of the icosahedron
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L G
H J
I
Triangular prisms
Pentagonal Prism
Pentagonal Antiprism
Octagonal Prism
Octagonal Antiprism
Pentagrammic Prism
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Pentagrammic Antiprism
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Hexagrammic Prism
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Hexagramic Antiprism
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Twisted rectangular prism (45 degrees)
Twisted rectangular prism (90 degrees)
Twisted rectangular prism (+ 45 -45 degrees)
Kaleidocyclus
Caleidocyclus 8
Caleidocyclus 10
Cylinder
Tapered Cylinder
x 2 2
l= r + h
c=2 r1
x = 360.2. . l /c
d=c.n/l
r1 r1 = radius
r2 = radius
r2
c = circumference of circle 1
d = circumference of circle 2
x =angel of the part of the large circle
l = radius of the large circle
h = height of the cone
i = heigt of the tapered cylinder
= pi = 3.1415
Cone
x 2 2
l= r + h
c=2 r
x = 360.2. . l /c
r = radius
c = circumference of the circle
r x =angel of the part of the large circle
l = radius of the large circle
h = height of the cone
= pi = 3.1415
Asymetric Cone
Square Cone
Square Cone
Paper Colour 1/ papier kleur1
dakkapel
dormer-window
(uitsnijden / cut-out)
place
dormer-
window
onderkant dak/
bottom roof
fits around walls
don't glue roof on the
walls
dakkapel
dormer-window
dakkapel
dormer-window
dakkapel
dormer-window
dakkapel
dormer-window
onderkant dak/
bottom roof
fits around walls
don't glue roof on the
walls
(uitsnijden / cut-out)
place
dormer-
window
onderkant dak/
bottom roof
fits around walls
don't glue roof on the
walls
(uitsnijden / cut-out)
place
dormer-
window
onderkant dak/
bottom roof
fits around walls
don't glue roof on the
walls
(uitsnijden / cut-out)
place
dormer-
window
onderkant dak/
bottom roof
fits around walls
don't glue roof on the
walls
(uitsnijden / cut-out)
place
dormer-
window
3 1
3
1 2 2
3 1
3
1 2 2
3 1
3 1 3
3 1 2 2
1 2 2
3 1
3
1
2 2
3 1
3
1 2 2
3 1
3
1 2 2
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The other two parts are on the next two pages
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1
2 2
3
2 2