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Different Nets

There are 11 different nets that can form a cube when folded, as the cube has 6 identical square faces that can be arranged in different orientations. In contrast, there are only 2 possible nets for a regular tetrahedron, as it has 4 identical triangular faces that can only be arranged in 2 distinct ways while maintaining the shape of the tetrahedron when folded. The document also provides information on free software and online resources for learning to design 3D objects and their nets.

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Different Nets

There are 11 different nets that can form a cube when folded, as the cube has 6 identical square faces that can be arranged in different orientations. In contrast, there are only 2 possible nets for a regular tetrahedron, as it has 4 identical triangular faces that can only be arranged in 2 distinct ways while maintaining the shape of the tetrahedron when folded. The document also provides information on free software and online resources for learning to design 3D objects and their nets.

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Different nets

Yue Kwok Choy


1. (a) Visit www.peda.com/poly/ to download a free software “poly” to understand 3-D solids.
(b) Download Google sketchup : http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/index.html
and learn how to use it for drawing 3-D objects. You may use www.youtube.com to
search for videos helping you to learn Google sketchup.

2. A net is a two-dimensional pattern for a solid.

3. There are 11 different nets for a cube (regular hexahedron). Rotation and reflection of any one of
the nets can be made. The opposite faces of the cube are painted with the same colour.
4. There are only 2 different nets for a right pyramid (regular tetrahedron).

Note that not all net with 4 equilateral triangles can be folded to form a regular tetrahedron .

5. There are 5 Platonic solids (regular convex polyhedra). You may make models of them.
(a) Hexahedron (Cube)
(b) Tetrahedron

(c) Dodecahedron
(d) Octahedron

(e) Icosahedron

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