Paper Models of Polyhedra : Compound Cubes

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Paper Models of Polyhedra Collection 5: Compounds of Cubes and Platonic sollids with Duals - Compound of Two Cubes - Compound of Three Cubes - Compound of Four Cubes - Compound of Five Cubes Compounds of Platonic Sollids with Duals: - Stella Octangula (Compound of Two Tetrahedra) - Compound of Cube and Octahedron - Compound of Dodecahedron and Icosahdron Copyrights Š 2004 Gijs Korthals Altes All rights reserved . It is not allowed to sell the prints. It is not allowed to copy this file. http://www.korthalsaltes.com Email: inf@korthalsaltes.com


Fold the lines with a rightangle backwards fold the other lines forwards

Compound of two Cubes


Compound of Three Cubes (Small version)

Fold the dotted lines forwards Fold the other lines backwards


Compound of Three Cubes (Large version made out of 7 pieces)

Fold the dotted lines forwards Fold the other lines backwards

D

C

C

E

E

B

F

G G


B

A

C

A

A


D

A

E

A

A


A

F

A A

G


Compound of four cubes

6

1

15

4 5 14

1 2

14

5

13

16

3

4

6.

9.

16

2

5 8 3

16 8

7

1 1

6. 1

12

16

3

6 5

11 4

17 5

11 10

2

1

7


3

2

7

10 11

8

6.

9. 8

11 9.

12

21

18

9.

12 10

7

8

11 10

7

3

2

9.

12 3

2

7

10

9

12 11

8

19

22

8

11 3

2

10

13


Compound of four cubes

4

13

1

16 14 5

15

12

5

14

6

15

27

24

15

32 13

14

17 28 13

18 28

27

4 6

15 4

13

19

15

18 20

14 25

7 20

14 4

29

16 17


30

29

19

22 23

20

21

24 20

23 18

21

12

9.

29

30 21

18

20

23 21

18

22

19

29

30 22

19

22

25

21

24 23

26

10

13 23

26 31

30

19

22


32

31

27

25

28 26

27

27 26 24

17

15 32 17

31

18 24

26

29 20 32

24

20 19

25

30 31 25

17

21

27

30 28

23

16

29 28

23 22

32

25

31


24

27

31

32 26

28

30

31 26

28 25

32

17

29


Compound of Five Cubes small version made out of one piece


Instructions compound of five cubes: Cut and fold the piece(s) of paper. Glue the part without tabs around it last. This is the top part of piece F. This one opposites the center part of piece A. Below an example of a part

Fold forwards Fold backwards


Compound of Five Cubes large version made out of seven pieces

A C C

D

D

B B

G

G

F E

F

E


B

A A


C

A A


D

A

A


E A A


F A

A


G

A

A


Stella Octangula (compound of two tetrahedra) (small version out of one part) The first tetrahedron is yellow the second is blue Fold the lines between the faces of the same tetrahedron backwards. Fold the other lines forwards


A

Stella Octangula (compound of two tetrahedra) (Large version made out of three pieces) B

The first tetrahedron is yellow the second is blue Fold the lines between the faces of the same tetrahedron backwards. Fold the other lines forwards


B

C

A


C

B


Compound of Cube and Octahedron

x

X

x

Fold the lines between faces of the different colors forward. Fold the other lines backwards


Compound of Cube and Octahedron Fold the lines between faces of the different colors forward. Fold the other lines backwards B

C

D

A


A

B


C

A


D

A


Compound Dodecahedron and Icosahedron (small version) Fold the dotted lines forwards Fold the other lines backwards


Compound Dodecahedron and Icosahedron (large version made out of three pieces) Fold the dotted lines forwards Fold the other lines backwards

B

C

A


B A


C

A


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