Truncated Cube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated_cube
Is this the shape you are talking about? Meenakshi On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:08 AM <origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote: > Send Origami mailing list submissions to > origami@lists.digitalorigami.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.digitalorigami.com/mailman/listinfo/origami > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > origami-ow...@lists.digitalorigami.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Origami digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Octagon + triangles shape name (Jorge E. Jaramillo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 18:07:59 +0200 > From: "Jorge E. Jaramillo" <odrau...@gmail.com> > To: wanderer <pprf...@gmail.com> > Cc: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> > Subject: Re: [Origami] Octagon + triangles shape name > Message-ID: > <CAJXwe9Cf0mkNHF5nUSPfah9Td6crO+o_uq= > b00tmchwz7pu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > No it is not. Sorry if I wasn't clear, I'm so familiar with the shape, that > I thought everybody knew it. > > As I said it is an octagon and each side of the octagon is connected to the > base of an equilateral triangle. > > On Tue, May 9, 2023, 4:38 PM wanderer <pprf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > is it this? > > > > [image: image.png] > > > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:47?AM <fa...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > >> Yesterday I was in Pompei and saw these tiles forming this shape of an > >> octagon surrounded by equilateral triangles and I had seen it last week > in > >> some churches as well. Pompei is from the 1 st century AD and churches a > >> few centuries older which surprised me even though the shape is simple > and > >> logical and has been used by Chirs Palmer and several others even > myself in > >> origami stars and tessellations. > >> > >> > >> > >> So I was wondering if this shape has a name and if someone can share any > >> interesting information about it. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Perhaps a link to see what you are referring to? > >> > >> Faye > >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.digitalorigami.com/mailman/private/origami/attachments/20230509/4755f8fb/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image.png > Type: image/png > Size: 887340 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://lists.digitalorigami.com/mailman/private/origami/attachments/20230509/4755f8fb/attachment.png > > > > End of Origami Digest, Vol 205, Issue 6 > *************************************** > -- _____________________________________________ My Origami: https://linktr.ee/origamee
