Truncated Polyhedra

"Truncation" here refers to progressively removing part of a polyhedron, such as at a corner or an edge.

1. Vertex truncation of a cube    file   demo

2. Edge truncation of a cube    file   demo

3. Vertex and edge truncation of a cube    file   demo

4. Vertex and edge truncation of an icosahedron    file

5. Some strange variations on a cube     morph1    morph2    morph3    morph4

Brief details of how to make sense of a file are contained in this Word document, or click here for a Flash demo (related file moving_Claude1.cg3 ) giving further details.