Related Polyhedra and Tilings
There are eight uniform tilings that can be based from the regular hexagonal tiling (or the dual triangular tiling). Drawing the tiles colored as red on the original faces, yellow at the original vertices, and blue along the original edges, there are 8 forms, 7 which are topologically distinct. (The truncated triangular tiling is topologically identical to the hexagonal tiling.)
| Symmetry:, (*632) | +, (632) | , (*333) | , (3*3) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {6,3} | t0,1{6,3} | t1{6,3} | t1,2{6,3} | t2{6,3} | t0,2{6,3} | t0,1,2{6,3} | s{6,3} | h{6,3} | h1,2{6,3} | |
| Uniform duals | ||||||||||
| V6.6.6 | V3.12.12 | V3.6.3.6 | V6.6.6 | V3.3.3.3.3.3 | V3.4.12.4 | V.4.6.12 | V3.3.3.3.6 | V3.3.3.3.3.3 | ||
This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of cantellated polyhedra with vertex figure (3.4.n.4), and continues as tilings of the hyperbolic plane. These vertex-transitive figures have (*n32) reflectional symmetry.
| Symmetry *n32 |
Spherical | Planar | Hyperbolic... | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *232 D3h |
*332 Td |
*432 Oh |
*532 Ih |
*632 P6m |
*732 |
*832 ... |
*∞32 |
|
| Expanded figure |
3.4.2.4 |
3.4.3.4 |
3.4.4.4 |
3.4.5.4 |
3.4.6.4 |
3.4.7.4 |
3.4.8.4 |
3.4.∞.4 |
| Coxeter Schläfli |
t0,2{2,3} |
t0,2{3,3} |
t0,2{4,3} |
t0,2{5,3} |
t0,2{6,3} |
t0,2{7,3} |
t0,2{8,3} |
t0,2{∞,3} |
| Deltoidal figure | V3.4.2.4 |
V3.4.3.4 |
V3.4.4.4 |
V3.4.5.4 |
V3.4.6.4 |
V3.4.7.4 |
V3.4.8.4 |
V3.4.∞.4 |
| Coxeter | ||||||||
The hexagonal cupola contains the pattern of this tiling, but closes it into a degenerate polygon with a dodecagon base.
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Digonal cupola |
Triangular cupola |
Square cupola |
Pentagonal cupola |
Hexagonal cupola (Flat) |
Read more about this topic: Rhombitrihexagonal Tiling
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