Checking a Net by Rolling a Cube
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One way to check whether a given combination of polygons represents a net of a polyhedron is to roll the polyhedron over the combination. If each face of the polyhedron matches exactly one polygon of the combination, it is a net for the polyhedron. This Demonstration shows this procedure for cube nets.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (November 2019)
Using some code by: George Beck
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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