Geodesic Dome Model Icosahedron 2v 3D Printer Model
The file 'Geodesic Dome Model Icosahedron 2v 3D Printer Model' is (STL,pdf) file type, size is 40.2MB.
The file 'Geodesic Dome Model Icosahedron 2v 3D Printer Model' is (STL,pdf) file type, size is 40.2MB.
Geodesic domes as building structures were popular in the 60's and 70's of the last century. The combination of strict geometry going all the way back to the ancient Greeks and the mindset of just building something big without thinking too much what could go wrong had a good spirit to it.
The most common solid these domes were derived from was the icosahedron with its rotational symmetry of five. Buckminster Fuller, the architect closely connected with geodesic domes also lived in a icosahedron dome in the 60's. His dome is still standing today.
All of the details of early dome building can be found in domebook 1&2.
With the modern age computers and 3d printers it's easy to build a model of a dome, just print all the connectors or hubs as they are called with the appropriate angles and stick some dowel rods with the right length in them.
This is a model dome based on the icosahedron with class 1 subdivision (alternate) and 2 frequency, 2v (the letter v should actually be the Greek letter nu looking a lot like v).
Apart from looking nice one can remove some dowels and see how it effects the rigidity of the structure.
| connector_1.STL | 2.0MB | |
| connector_2.STL | 2.1MB | |
| connector_3.STL | 1.9MB | |
| connector_4.STL | 1.8MB | |
| Domebook_2_1971smaller.pdf | 38.9MB | |
| dome_model_icosahedron_2v.pdf | 1.1MB |
