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SnubPolyhedron[poly]

gives the snub polyhedron of poly by truncating some corners.

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SnubPolyhedron

SnubPolyhedron[poly]

gives the snub polyhedron of poly by truncating some corners.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Snub polyhedron of a dodecahedron:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Dodecahedron[]]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[%]

Find the snub of the Space Shuttle:

Wolfram Language code: 𝒫 = SnubPolyhedron[Polyhedron[{{-4.999492168426514, -0.6817100048065186, 0.569242000579834}, {-4.999759197235107, -0.4911530017852783, 0.8052060008049011}, {-5.349475860595703, -0.47093498706817627, 0.5660619735717773}, {-4.999759197235107, 0.491153001785278 ... }, {291, 218, 220}, {211, 259, 258}, {280, 206, 218}, {212, 258, 288}, {225, 187, 219}, {245, 197, 196}, {200, 236, 235}, {263, 196, 207}, {274, 205, 193}, {282, 210, 205}, {268, 193, 188}, {226, 219, 210}, {269, 188, 187}, {215, 288, 287}}]];

Visualization:

Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[𝒫, Boxed -> False]

Scope  (4)

SnubPolyhedron works on polyhedra:

Wolfram Language code: 𝒫 = Polyhedron[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}, {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {2, 3, 4}, {1, 3, 4}}];
Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[𝒫]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[%]

A SnubPolyhedron of Platonic solids includes Tetrahedron:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Tetrahedron[1]]

Cube:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Cube[1]]

Dodecahedron:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Dodecahedron[1]]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[%]

Octahedron:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Octahedron[1]]

Icosahedron:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Icosahedron[1]]

Support polyhedron meshes:

Wolfram Language code: 𝒫 = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "SpaceShuttle"}, "BoundaryMeshRegion"]
Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[𝒫]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[%]

Show the snub polyhedron by different length ratios:

Wolfram Language code: 𝒫 = Polyhedron[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}, {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {2, 3, 4}, {1, 3, 4}}];
Wolfram Language code: Table[Graphics3D[SnubPolyhedron[Cube[1], ratio]], {ratio, {0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9}}]

Applications  (4)

Basic Applications  (3)

Gallery of Platonic solids and their snubs:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[Table[{Graphics3D[f[1], Boxed -> False], [image], Graphics3D[SnubPolyhedron[f[1]], Boxed -> False]}, {f, {Tetrahedron, Cube, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron}}]]

Gallery of Archimedean solids and their snubs:

Wolfram Language code: Multicolumn[Table[Row[{Graphics3D[f, Boxed -> False, ImageSize -> 50], [image], Graphics3D[SnubPolyhedron[f], Boxed -> False, ImageSize -> 50]}], {f, PolyhedronData["Archimedean", "BoundaryMeshRegion"]}], 2, Spacings -> 3]

Snub compounds of Platonic solids:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Graphics3D[{Opacity[0.5], SnubPolyhedron[f[1]], f[1]}, Boxed -> False], {f, {Tetrahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron}}]

Archimedean solids:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Graphics3D[{Opacity[0.5], f, SnubPolyhedron[f]}, Boxed -> False], {f, PolyhedronData["Archimedean", "BoundaryMeshRegion"]}]

Polyhedron Operations  (1)

Use SnubPolyhedron to compute the polyhedron operations, such as gyro operation:

Wolfram Language code: gyro[poly_] := DualPolyhedron[SnubPolyhedron[poly]]
Wolfram Language code: gyro[Tetrahedron[1]]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[%]

Properties & Relations  (1)

The snub simple polyhedron is simple:

Wolfram Language code: 𝒫 = Polyhedron[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}, {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {2, 3, 4}, {1, 3, 4}}];
Wolfram Language code: SimplePolyhedronQ[#]& /@ {𝒫, SnubPolyhedron[𝒫]}

Possible Issues  (2)

SnubPolyhedron only supports simple polyhedra:

Wolfram Language code: 𝒫 = Polyhedron[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}, {1, 0, 0}, {2, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 1}}, {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {2, 3, 4}, {1, 3, 4}, {5, 6, 7}, {5, 6, 8}, {6, 7, 8}, {5, 7, 8}}];
Wolfram Language code: SimplePolyhedronQ[𝒫]
Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[𝒫]

SnubPolyhedron can return degenerate polyhedra:

Wolfram Language code: SnubPolyhedron[Polyhedron[{{-1, 0, 0}, {-1/2, -1/2, -(1/Sqrt[2])}, {-1/2, -1/2, 1/Sqrt[2]}, {-1/2, 1/2, -(1/Sqrt[2])}, {-1/2, 1/2, 1/Sqrt[2]}, {0, -1, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {1/2, -1/2, -(1/Sqrt[2])}, {1/2, -1/2, 1/Sqrt[2]}, {1/2, 1/2, -(1/Sqrt[2])}, {1/2, 1/2, 1/Sqrt[2]}, {1, 0, 0}}, {{4, 10, 8, 2}, {3, 9, 11, 5}, {9, 6, 8, 12}, {3, 1, 2, 6}, {5, 7, 4, 1}, {11, 12, 10, 7}, {12, 11, 9}, {3, 5, 1}, {6, 9, 3}, {5, 11, 7}, {8, 10, 12}, {1, 4, 2}, {2, 8, 6}, {7, 10, 4}}]]
Wolfram Language code: RegionQ[%]
Wolfram Research (2019), SnubPolyhedron, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnubPolyhedron.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2019), SnubPolyhedron, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnubPolyhedron.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2019. "SnubPolyhedron." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnubPolyhedron.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2019). SnubPolyhedron. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnubPolyhedron.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_snubpolyhedron, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SnubPolyhedron}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnubPolyhedron.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_snubpolyhedron, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SnubPolyhedron}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnubPolyhedron.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}