Rhombic Hexecontahedron

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This is a 20-part golden rhombohedron model/puzzle I designed in Fusion360 that combines to form a Rhombic Hexecontahedron, accompanied by various other intriguing 3D shapes (see photos). I also created a complete Rhombic Hexecontahedron in Fusion360 to visualize what it would look like (I doubt this would print well though). Just for fun, I also rendered it in solid gold (see photo). If you want to print one in solid gold and have some extra cash on hand, send one my way as well! You may be familiar with this shape, as it's used in the logo for the Wolfram Alpha website. If you're interested in learning more, check out its Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_hexecontahedron Each unit of this polyhedron is a golden rhombus, with the ratio of the long and short diagonals of each face being in the golden ratio. I incorporated circular cut extrusions on three sides of each rhombohedron to accommodate 3/8" by 1/16" thick neodymium magnets. A total of 60 magnets are needed to complete this project. If you choose to glue in the magnets as I did, I recommend gluing them so that on 10 of your rhombohedrons, you have 2 North and 1 South pole facing outwards, and for the other 10 rhombohedrons, have 2 South and 1 North pole facing out. Some other arrangement might work as well, though I haven't tried it. For glue type, I used E6000. If you know of a better glue for this application, please share your thoughts in the comments. If you prefer to have this be a solid rhombic hexecontahedron that doesn't come apart, you can print all 20 pieces and simply glue them together. This is what I did for my first prototype before committing to using up 60 magnets. I was pleased with the result, so what you see here is V2.0. Enjoy!