The Truncated
Tetrahedron
{3,6,6}
Take note of the notation describing the truncated tetrahedron.
Three represents the triangular face and the two sixes represent the hexagonal faces which
all meet at any one of the twelve vertices.
The Formation of the Truncated
Tetrahedron
The above animation shows how the regular tetrahedron is
truncated to create the first of the thirteen archimedean solids. It is also regular
tetrahedrons that make up the sections which are truncated. It should be noted that for
the first five truncations, the sides of the pieces of the solids that are being truncated
are always one-third of the original side of the platonic solid.
