PolyhedronData has been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
A new Polyhedron Operations Package has been created.
New system function
PolyhedronData has basic information about named polyhedra:
Version 5.2
![<< Graphics`Polyhedra`;
Show[Polyhedron[Octahedron]]](Files/Polyhedra.en/legacy_1.gif)
Get the list of coordinates for the vertices of an octahedron:
Version 5.2
![Vertices[Octahedron]](Files/Polyhedra.en/legacy_2.gif)
Many functions from Graphics`Polyhedra` are now found in the Polyhedron Operations Package:
Stellate Geodesate Truncate OpenTruncate
Generate a stellated octahedron:
Version 5.2
![Show[Stellate[Polyhedron[Octahedron]]]](Files/Polyhedra.en/legacy_3.gif)
GreatDodecahedron, GreatIcosahedron, GreatStellatedDodecahedron, Polyhedra, and SmallStellatedDodecahedron were available in previous versions of Mathematica and are now available on the web at library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/6822.