• DocumentCode
    1110402
  • Title

    Origami Platonic solids

  • Author

    Glassner, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Microsoft Corp., USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    85
  • Lastpage
    91
  • Abstract
    There´s something very beautiful and elegant about the simple 3D shapes known as Platonic solids. By actually building these structures, the mind and body can work together to strengthen our intuition about them. In this article, I stick with a simple and popular description of origami: you start with a single sheet of paper, and you´re only allowed to fold it. The only tools allowed are your own fingers-no pencils, measuring sticks, compasses, and so on. There is one variation. We´ll create most of our models by assembling several different pieces together. The assembly must not require tape or glue, though for some of the flimsier models you may want to apply a few dabs of glue here and there so that the model doesn´t completely unravel if you drop it
  • Keywords
    geometry; paper; Origami; Platonic solids; cube; dodecahedron; icosahedron; octahedron; paper folding; tetrahedron; tetrapotahedron; Animals; Art; Assembly; Books; Buildings; Dinosaurs; SQUIDs; Shape; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/38.511860
  • Filename
    511860