Octahedron Command

Octahedron( <Equilateral Triangle> )

Creates an octahedron having as base the given equilateral triangle.

Octahedron( <Point>, <Point>, <Direction> )

Creates an octahedron having the segment between the two points as an edge. The other vertices are univocally determined by the given direction, that needs to be:

  • a vector, a segment, a line, a ray orthogonal to the segment, or

  • a polygon, a plane parallel to the segment.

    The created octahedron will have:

  • a face with the segment as an edge in a plane orthogonal to the given vector/segment/line/ray, or

  • a face with the segment as an edge in a plane parallel to the polygon/plane.

Octahedron( <Point>, <Point>, <Point>)

Creates an octahedron with the three points of the first face. The points have to draw an equilateral triangle for the octahedron to be defined.

Octahedron( <Point>, <Point>)

Creates an octahedron with the two points of the first face, and the third point automatically created on a circle, so that the octahedron can rotate around its first edge.

Octahedron(A, B) is a shortcut for Octahedron(A, B, C) with C = Point(Circle(Midpoint(A, B), Distance(A, B) sqrt(3) / 2, Segment(A, B))).

See also Cube, Tetrahedron, Icosahedron, Dodecahedron commands.