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Gyroelongated bipyramid
Polyhedron formed by capping an antiprism with pyramids From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In geometry, the gyroelongated bipyramids are an infinite set of polyhedra, constructed by elongating an n-gonal bipyramid by inserting an n-gonal antiprism between its congruent halves.
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Three members of the set can be deltahedra, that is, constructed entirely of equilateral triangles: the gyroelongated square bipyramid, a Johnson solid; the icosahedron, a Platonic solid; and the gyroelongated triangular bipyramid if it is made with equilateral triangles, but because it has coplanar faces is not strictly convex. With pairs of triangles merged into rhombi, it can be seen as a trigonal trapezohedron. The other members can be constructed with isosceles triangles.
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Gyroelongated Pentagonal Bipyramid
- The Pentagonal gyroelongated bipyramid is commonly used in 3D modeling. It appears in various 3D programs such as Autodesk Maya, Blender (software) or Cinema 4D. In most programs it is referred to as an ico-sphere or Icosahedron, and is often subdivided.
- It is also commonly used as a D20 die (20-sided die) in Dungeons and Dragons.
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- Conway Notation for Polyhedra Try: "knAn", where n=4,5,6... example "k5A5" is an icosahedron.
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