This thought started a few days ago when I thought I'd try and export images of each stellation of the icosidodecahedron. I noticed there wasn't anything out there listing each one, as there is for the platonic solids, so I thought I'd give it a go (and save a few nets as PDF's along the way so I ...

I've stumbled upon this little chestnut a couple of times now. I load up (or create a model) in stella and go to view and print nets, and the nets are not arranged according the the colour scheme chosen.
I know part of this is due to the fact the nets are generated using the stellation mode, but I ...

After playing around with the 4D models in Stella last night, I too would love to be able to export animations - especially of the 4D rotations, etc.

I experimented a little using camstudio, and got something reasonable but it was a bit of trial and error to get the right part of the screen into ...

I've just started building the compound of 5 dodecahedra, and thought it might be nice to make its dual, the compound of 5 icosahedra, as well. The pair look like they'd make a nice set.

I've noticed, though, that the icosahedron 5 compound has some overlapping faces which causes stella4d to ...

I'm in the process of building a website, part of which I want to use to display images of polyhedron models I've built.
I thought it might be nice to include the nets as PDF's so people could then print them out and try to build the models themselves if they wanted to.
In addition, I am considering ...

Hi Daniela,

Have you tried compiling using WINE? Maybe you could experiment using the demo version of Stella to see if it works.



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I took a moment to learn the .OFF file format, and decided to 'write' my own polyhedron model.
It's a sort of octagrammic bipyramid. Might be useful for creating Christmas Tree decorations.
The file loads up fine in Stella4d (though it does give a pop up about decimal points in the beginning). The ...

Just finished my latest model. It is a compound of the small stellated, great and great stellated dodecahedron.
This was also the first time I used double tabs, so it represents a new development in my technique too. I have found the model is a lot more rigid and was surprisingly easier to put ...

Thanks Rob, that did the trick. :D

I've noticed compounds of some stellations of the icosahedron seem quite prone to this.

The cut is a good workaround, and I decided to print out a copy of the net to build one. I've got a pack of metallic black card I've been dying to build something with. I ...

I just tried to create this model (as an exercise) on stella4d. Though the compound was relatively straightforward to create, I noticed the net wasn't looking right.
Shouldn't the net be a hexagonal object with this colour scheme?

Here's a screenshot. What am I doing wrong? I set the colour scheme ...

I used to build polyhedron models as a childhood hobby, then stopped when sixthform college and university life took over. Now I've gotten back into it.

Still experimenting with materials and techniques really.

At the moment my favoured material is 220gsm mirror card. Just made a compound of 4 ...

Thanks.. I'll give it a go. :D

Interesting you mention Magnus Wenninger. I remember finding an old copy of his book, Polyhedron Models, in the school library when I was a kid. When I browsed through it, I saw all these different stars I could make - so took it out to try and build some.
The first ...

Nice. Will you be making one from paper? :wink:


If only I could, but I fear it would take too long and seriously test my patience to the limit.
I printed the net to pdf (using cutePDF) to have a look. There's so many tiny parts to it.
One of my goals though is to build a small inverted retro ...

I've been playing around with stella4d for a good few days now, and am thoroughly enjoying the software. Building new polyhedra is quite simple, and I've made some quite interesting looking compounds as a result.

I have some preliminary suggestions which I'd find useful in the sense of how I use ...

My first day of experimenting with the full version of stella4d.
After following the tutorials, I thought I'd have a go at creating some compounds of my own using the techniques described.

Here's a compound of 5 small inverted retrosnub icosicosidodecahedra (5-SIRIID). I made it by first loading ...