Truncated Cube - Related Polyhedra

Related Polyhedra

The truncated cube is one of a family of uniform polyhedra related to the cube and regular octahedron.

Uniform octahedral polyhedra
Symmetry: +
{4,3} t0,1{4,3} t1{4,3} t0,1{3,4} {3,4} t0,2{4,3} t0,1,2{4,3} s{4,3} h{4,3} h1,2{4,3}
Duals to uniform polyhedra
{3,4} f0,1{4,3} f1{4,3} f0,1{3,4} {4,3} f0,2{4,3} f0,1,2{4,3} ds{4,3} hf{4,3} hf1,2{4,3}

This polyhedron is topologically related as a part of sequence of uniform truncated polyhedra with vertex configurations (3.2n.2n), and Coxeter group symmetry.

Symmetry Spherical Planar Hyperbolic...
*232

D3h
*332

Td
*432

Oh
*532

Ih
*632

P6m
*732

*832
...
*∞32

Order 12 24 48 120
Truncated
figures

3.4.4

3.6.6

3.8.8

3.10.10

3.12.12

3.14.14

3.16.16

3.∞.∞
Coxeter
Schläfli

t0,1{2,3}

t0,1{3,3}

t0,1{4,3}

t0,1{5,3}

t0,1{6,3}

t0,1{7,3}

t0,1{8,3}

t0,1{∞,3}
Triakis
figures

V3.4.4

V3.6.6

V3.8.8

V3.10.10

V3.12.12

V3.14.14
Coxeter

A cube can be alternately truncated producing tetrahedral symmetry, with six hexagonal faces, and four triangles at the truncated vertices.

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