I chose to create a pentagonal dipyramid because I liked the diamond shape of it.
Techniques
I first opened the pdf from polyhedra.net in Illustrator, where I edited the lines and the strokes to make sure the laser cutter would be able to read it properly. I then opened it in Rhino and made sure all the layer assignments transferred correctly and the dashed lines were all exploded. I then decided to add stars to every other triangle face. I made sure that each of the stars were oriented so that one of the points pointed to either the top or the bottom point of the pentagonal dipyramid.
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| Pentagonal Dipyramid Ready for Laser Cut -Rhino |
Materials
The file was laser cut on E-Flute Cardboard and assembled, then painted with blue and silver metallic acrylic paint. I chose to use the stars that were cut out as embellishments on the faces that didn't have the cut-outs.
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