Archimedean Solids

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Archimedes was a renowned Greek mathematician, inventor, and engineer. He is credited with discovering a fundamental principle that bears his name, designing a screw, and creating numerous other innovative inventions. Beyond these accomplishments, Archimedes also developed 13 solids, which are constructed using regular convex polygons of varying types, all having equal side lengths. These solids boast an exceptional level of symmetry. I assigned each solid a number from 1 to 13 based on my research online. As I worked with a 3D design program, I successfully recreated 11 of these solids, but struggled to design the remaining two. Here is a list of the solids, along with their corresponding numbers: A1: Truncated Tetrahedron A2: Cuboctahedron A3: Truncated Cube A4: Truncated Octahedron A5: Rhombicuboctahedron A6: Truncated Cuboctahedron A7: Snub Cube (in progress) A8: Icosidodecahedron A9: Truncated Dodecahedron A10: Truncated Icosahedron A11: Rhombicosododecahedron A12: Truncated Icosidodecahedron A13: Snub Dodecahedron (in progress) As each solid is printed, the corresponding files will be updated.