Cubic truncate (EntityTopic, 11)

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The cubic truncate can be seen as a 3-dimensional analog of the octagon. This analogy is especially noticeable when studying powertopes: the octagon produces octagoltriates and the cubic truncate produces cubic truncatriates.


Notable Trishapes
Regular: tetrahedroncubeoctahedrondodecahedronicosahedron
Direct truncates: tetrahedral truncatecubic truncateoctahedral truncatedodecahedral truncateicosahedral truncate
Mesotruncates: stauromesohedronstauroperihedronstauropantohedronrhodomesohedronrhodoperihedronrhodopantohedron
Snubs: snub staurohedronsnub rhodohedron
Curved: spheretoruscylinderconefrustumcrind