some truncations

truncations by the vertices
from the cube to the cuboctahedron< from the cube to the cuboctahedron from the cuboctahedron to the rhombicuboctahedron from the cuboctahedron to the rhombicuboctahedron from the octahedron to the cuboctahedron from the octahedron to the cuboctahedron
 
du dodécaèdre à l'icosidodécaèdre du dodécaèdre à l'icosidodécaèdre from the icosidodecahedron to the rhombicosidodecahedron from the icosidodecahedron to the rhombicosidodecahedron from the icosahedron to the icosidodecahedron from the icosahedron to the icosidodecahedron

truncations by the edges and by the vertices
from the cube to the octahedron from the cube to the octahedron from the cube to the truncated octahedron from the cube to the truncated octahedron
from the icosahedron to the truncated dodecahedron from the icosahedron to the truncated dodecahedron rom the dodecahedron to the truncated icosahedron from the dodecahedron to the truncated icosahedron from the dodecahedron to the icosahedron from the dodecahedron to the icosahedron

Animations by Xavier Hubaut ("Université Libre" of Brussels). Visit his site under the label  "Brussels" on the globe on the page LiveGraphics3D.

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French 		convex polyhedra - non convex polyhedra - interesting polyhedra - related subjects December 1998
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