A compound of 5 Cubes 3D printed.
This shape is the result of positioning 5 cubes equally in a pentagonal dodecahedron.
Made for educational purposes.
Find out more about this shape at Wikipedia – Compound of five cubes
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2 Comments
Robert Stephen SYKES · October 28, 2024 at 10:00 am
I’ve had a lifetime of loving this polyhedron. I have made several cardboard versions over the years. This is the first 3d printing of this shape that I have seen. Love it.
Bob Sykes – Newcastle upon Tyne. UK
Lance · November 3, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Hi Bob. Thanks for the comment. If you want to add yet another cardboard version to your collection, here’s another one I made https://papermodels.thingimajigs.com/compound-of-5-cubes/
And a YouTube video of the building of the model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2vyBWKfZ-E
More polyhedron shapes are also available on this site. https://papermodels.thingimajigs.com/