geom3d
Archimedean
define an Archimedean solid
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
Archimedean(gon, sch, o, r)
TruncatedTetrahedron(gon, o, r)
TruncatedOctahedron(gon, o, r)
TruncatedHexahedron(gon, o, r)
TruncatedIcosahedron(gon, o, r)
TruncatedDodecahedron(gon, o, r)
SmallRhombicuboctahedron(gon, o, r)
SmallRhombiicosidodecahedron(gon, o, r)
GreatRhombicuboctahedron(gon, o, r)
TruncatedCuboctahedron(gon, o, r)
GreatRhombiicosidodecahedron(gon, o, r)
TruncatedIcosidodecahedron(gon, o, r)
SnubCube(gon, o, r)
SnubDodecahedron(gon, o, r)
cuboctahedron(gon, o, r)
icosidodecahedron(gon, o, r)
gon
-
the name of the polyhedron to be created
sch
Schlafli symbol
o
a point
r
a positive number, an equation
A polyhedron is said to be uniform if its faces are regular while its vertices are all alike, i.e., every vertex can be transformed into any other by a symmetry operation.
Archimedean solids are uniform polyhedra with faces of at least two kinds. Besides the infinite families of prisms and antiprisms, there are thirteen Archimedean solids.
In Maple, one can define an Archimedean solid by using the command Archimedean(gon,sch,o,r) where gon is the name of the polyhedron to be defined, sch the Schlafli symbol, o the center of the polyhedron.
When r is a positive number, it specifies the radius of the circum-sphere. When r is an equation, the left-hand side is one of radius, side, or mid_radius, and the right-hand side specifies the radius of the circum-sphere, the side, or the mid-radius (respectively) of the Archimedean solid to be constructed.
The Schlafli symbol can be one of the following:
Maple's Schlafli
Polyhedron type
_t([3,3])
truncated tetrahedron
_t([3,4])
truncated octahedron
_t([4,3])
truncated cube
_t([3,5])
truncated icosahedron
_t([5,3])
truncated dodecahedron
[[3],[4]]
cuboctahedron
[[3],[5]]
icosidodecahedron
_r([[3],[4]])
small rhombicuboctahedron
_r([[3],[5]])
small rhombiicosidodecahedron
_t([[3],[4]])
great rhombicuboctahedron
_t([[3],[5]])
great rhombiicosidodecahedron
_s([[3],[4]])
snub cube
_s([[3],[5]])
snub dodecahedron
Another way to define an Archimedean solid is to use the command PolyhedronName(gon,o,r) where PolyhedronName is one of TruncatedTetrahedron, TruncatedOctahedron, TruncatedHexahedron, TruncatedIcosahedron, TruncatedDodecahedron, SmallRhombicuboctahedron, SmallRhombiicosidodecahedron, GreatRhombicuboctahedron, TruncatedCuboctahedron, GreatRhombiicosidodecahedron, TruncatedIcosidodecahedron, SnubCube, cuboctahedron, or icosidodecahedron.
To access the information relating to an Archimedean solid gon, use the following function calls:
center(gon);
returns the center of the circum-sphere of gon.
faces(gon);
returns the faces of gon, each face is represented
as a list of coordinates of its vertices.
form(gon);
returns the form of gon.
MidRadius(gon);
returns the mid-radius of gon, i.e., the radius
of the mid-sphere (the one which touches all the edges).
radius(gon);
returns the radius of the circum-sphere of gon.
schlafli(gon);
returns the Schlafli symbol of gon.
sides(gon);
returns the length of the edges of gon.
vertices(gon);
returns the coordinates of vertices of gon.
with⁡geom3d:
Define a truncated tetrahedron with center (0,0,0), radius of the circum-sphere 1
TruncatedTetrahedron⁡t,point⁡o,0,0,0,1
t
Access information relating to the truncated tetrahedron t:
center⁡t
faces⁡t
33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢311,33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢311,33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢333,−33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢311,−33⁢333,33⁢333,33⁢311,33⁢333
form⁡t
TruncatedTetrahedron3d
MidRadius⁡t
6⁢33⁢222
radius⁡t
1
schlafli⁡t
_t⁡3,3
sides⁡t
2⁢6⁢3333
Define a small rhombicuboctahedron with center (1,1,1), radius sqrt(2)
Archimedean⁡i,_r⁡3,4,point⁡o,1,1,1,1
i
form⁡i
SmallRhombicuboctahedron3d
See Also
geom3d[polyhedra]
geom3d[QuasiRegularPolyhedron]
geom3d[RegularPolyhedron]
geom3d[stellate]
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