Truncated cube

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The truncated cube, or truncated hexahedron, is an Archimedean solid. It has 6 regular octagonal faces, 8 regular triangular faces, 24 vertices and 36 edges.

Contents 1 Cartesian coordinates 2 Related polyhedra 3 See also 4 External links

Cartesian coordinates

The following Cartesian coordinates define the vertices of a truncated hexahedron centered at the origin:

(±ξ, ±1, ±1),

(±1, ±ξ, ±1)

(±1, ±1, ±ξ)

where ξ = √2 − 1.

Image:Truncated hexahedron flat.png

Related polyhedra

Compare:

Image:Hexahedron.jpgImage:Truncatedhexahedron.jpgImage:Cuboctahedron.jpg Image:Truncatedoctahedron.jpg Image:Octahedron.jpg

See also

• Spinning truncated cube

External links

• The Uniform Polyhedra
• Virtual Reality Polyhedra The Encyclopedia of Polyhedra

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