How to make an origami truncated tetrahedron
origaminut asked:
http://www.origaminut.com
Here’s an easy modular origami, you can assemble 18 for a truncated tetrahedron like this, 24 for a cuboctahedron, 30 for a dodecahedron, 48 for a rhombicuboctahedron and so on…
Radjehuty Said,
January 19, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
God do I remember this modular unit oh-so-well. I created a rhombitruncated cuboctahedron with this unit and it took forever because it was so hard to lock them together as they’re on the inside.
That last unit took me a good half hour!
Nice demonstration video on this one
LanceTheBlueKnight Said,
January 22, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Nope, a dodecahedron has 12 sides, which are all the same size and shape.
This is a tetrahedron (4 sides), and since the corners are ‘cut off’ to reveal more faces it’s proper name is ‘Truncated’ Tetrahedron.
gersonl Said,
January 23, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
this is not a tetrahedron but a dodecahedron
NvPGulstab Said,
January 24, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
Well, now everybody’s a little bit smarter.
thedoomreaperco Said,
January 25, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
….. but teh comment was for humor ):
origamimaster98 Said,
January 27, 2008 @ 2:06 am
i can make a truncated prysm
NvPGulstab Said,
January 27, 2008 @ 8:57 am
“Tetra” means four and “hedron” essentially means 3d. “Truncated” is means cut off, so the whole figure is just a 3d four-sided object with the corners cut off.
lovelovekayla Said,
January 29, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
HOW do u expect n e one to follow tht is sooo fast when i pause it i hav no clue where i am slow it down gawsh!
Rasendori1377 Said,
January 29, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
dude SLOW IT DOWN!!!! are you seriously expectin us to follos that holy shizz dude even if i pause i cant figure out what you did.
teddy2021a Said,
February 1, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
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February 4, 2008 @ 8:50 am
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clemgon Said,
February 6, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
Merci beaucoup!
origaminut Said,
February 9, 2008 @ 1:27 am
3 modules s’assemblent aussi bien que 4, essaie d’en assembler 4 au lieu de 3 et tu verras que c’est très simple. Je peux pas poster de lien sur YT alors va sur mon site et cherche sous “Cuboctahedron”.
clemgon Said,
February 12, 2008 @ 1:54 am
Sorry I m french and bad in English…
But I think you’ve understood the question.
I searched and didn’t found the inormation or “dodecahedron”; and in fact my question is: “how to put 4 modules (and not “bricks” sorry) instead of 3? How to change the angle of the module?”.
thank’s for your help!
origaminut Said,
February 14, 2008 @ 7:19 am
I’m not sure if I understand the question, but with this modular you just have to change the angle of the module, you put 4 modules together instead of 3. You can get more information on my site, the origami on my website is under “dodecahedron”, there you can follow a link to the diagrams I followed.
clemgon Said,
February 15, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Great! I want to make a cuboctahedron like this; you said I need 24 “bricks” for it. But in this video there are 3 edges per vertice however there are four edges per vertice in a cuboctahedron: how to do? Please answer me! =)
origaminut Said,
February 17, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
Yes, I’ll repeat it again: it’s much faster to look at the diagrams than ask.
ipodnanno Said,
February 18, 2008 @ 5:26 am
at 0:36 did you fold the bottom right tip to the middle crease?
origaminut Said,
February 24, 2008 @ 5:20 am
On my site (origaminut dot com) the model is called dodecahedron, it’s the same thing with more modules. YT doesn’t allow links in comments, sorry.
nomadtent Said,
February 25, 2008 @ 9:22 pm
I could watch that many times and I don’t think I would get it right. Is there any way I could learn to make one, perhaps a website that could show me step by step? Thanks for the great video also. Best Regards
Chandota Said,
February 26, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Yeah I meant each individual piece is called a “Trimodule”
origaminut Said,
February 27, 2008 @ 12:57 am
The correct name is truncated tetrahedron, a trimodule could be a single module if that’s what you meant.
Chandota Said,
February 28, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
Is that not just a Trimodule…?
quest1011y Said,
February 29, 2008 @ 12:41 pm
incredible dude