Polyhedra via Conway Operators in OpenSCAD

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Conway operators empower creators to build a wide variety of polyhedra by manipulating the Platonic solids. This openSCAD script incorporates all Conway operators, George Hart's propeller, and a few extra functions. The script also features cutout shell generation for the samples, used extensively throughout. Language features like concat, list comprehension, and let() allow for intricate scripting and flexibility since late 2014. These remarkable solids include: gD - a unique pentagonal hexecontahedron derived from the Catalan solid emD - a modulated variant producing a cushion shape ccD - Goldberg(0,4), creating Piet Hein's iconic superegg when modulated tktI - another Goldberg construction at Goldberg(3,3), yielding a design similar to both and cut out with hexagons t10k10tD - George Hart's favored work that serves as a source of inspiration for the project The original designs were created using openSCAD scripts sourced from http://kitwallace.co.uk/3d/solid-index.xq. The entire process is documented in real-time on Tumblr, found at http://kitwallace.tumblr.com/tagged/conway.