Unfolding Polyhedron Nets

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A polyhedron can be unfolded from a series of connected faces in 3D to form a net of faces in a single plane. Two of the simplest polyhedra, the cube and tetrahedron, are presented here for interactive unfolding.

External Links

Cube (Wolfram MathWorld)
Tetrahedron (Wolfram MathWorld)
Net (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Jon McLoone
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​"Unfolding Polyhedron Nets"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/UnfoldingPolyhedronNets/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: March 7, 2011