It says it's a 14th stellation. Is there a way to step through each stellation? Also it's called an icosidodecahedron. I've searched all of these and not found it How can it have 4 x 90 degree angles in the centre if it's an icosidodecahedron?
Any help is appreciated. I don't use Great Stella regularly so I'm re-learning the interface each time. It's a bit overwhelming at times so I may have overlooked an easy solution.
Thanks,
Philip
Last edited by Philip on Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:29 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Sounds like you solved this already. Yes you can step through stellations.
The automated order in Stella will be different though from the order someone may have come up with elsewhere.
Also worth noting that the stellations you get when using the up and down arrows will be different depending on what you choose from the "Stellation->Stellation Criteria" submenu.
Your link shows a very different shape from your photo though. The photo appears to have octahedral symmetry too, not icosahedral. Not sure what it's a stellation of though.
yes the picture and picture in the link look very different but they both have the same name. Is the Magnus Wenninger star labeled wrong so do you think?
Where's that photo from? Where did Magnus label is that way? I checked his book Polyhedron Models, and the 14th stellation of the icosidodecahedron matches the link you gave, but not the photo.
By the way, you can find all the stellations from Magnus's book in Stella. Go to "File->Polyhedron List" (or the equivalent toolbar button) and type something like w60 and it will go to model 60 from Polyhedron Models, which is that 14th stellation.
