Unfolding Polyhedron Nets


	A polyhedron can be unfolded from a series of connected faces in 3D to form a net of faces in a single plane. Two of the simplest polyhedra, the cube and tetrahedron, are presented here for interactive unfolding.


	Contributed by: Jon McLoone

Cube (Wolfram MathWorld)

Tetrahedron (Wolfram MathWorld)

Net (Wolfram MathWorld)

"Unfolding Polyhedron Nets" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/UnfoldingPolyhedronNets/

Contributed by: Jon McLoone

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