| Six Intersecting Pentagons | |
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| Type | Intersecting structure |
| Rods | 60 × 
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| Spheres | 30 × 
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| Author | Amafirlian 8 Feb 2007 |
Six intersecting pentagons.
Building Instructions[]
- Start by creating a icosidodecahedron. Notice that it can be seen as consisting of 6 decagons running along the surface.
- Make sure that the polarity of the rods in each of the decagons are oriented in the same way!
- Notice that each sphere in the icosidodecahedron has two decagons running thorugh them.
- Now focus on one of the decagons. Number the rods of that decagon (in your mind) from 1 to 10.
- Disconnect rods 1 and 2 from the sphere between them. Then reconnect them directly rod to rod on the inside of the other hexagon that is running through that sphere.
- You end up with a nonagon with one side consisting of two rods.
- Repeat this procedure with rods 3 and 4, with rods 5 and 6, with rods 7 and 8, and with rods 9 and 10.
- You end up with a pentagon with sides consisting of two rods.
- Disconnect rods 1 and 2 from the sphere between them. Then reconnect them directly rod to rod on the inside of the other hexagon that is running through that sphere.
- Repeat the procedure of transforming decagons to a pentagons for the other decagons.
