Fusion 360 - Rhombic triacontahedron

A geometric workflow for the Rhombic Triacontahedron

0:00 Intro
01:44 First Sketch - Dimension
05:09 Offset Plane
05:32 Second Sketch - Face
08:19 Loft
08:45 Mirror
09:33 Circular Pattern and Combine
11:03 Done

[DeadBen.]

Thank you so much for putting out this content! I had the ridiculous idea of trying to create ice of this shape for cocktails at home. I modeled casts within Fusion 360 to be 3D printed and then filled with food-safe silicone rubber to make molds designed to make ice in the shape of the Rhombic triacontahedron. I had a very hard time trying to work out how to model this shape and this video was an eye opener. With your help, it was surprisingly successful and I've since made a dozen or so pieces of ice in this fascinating shape (60 mm in diameter). I also modeled the molds to fit within a large insulated tumbler to allow for directional freezing which produces perfectly clear ice. To be honest, as a mere hobbyist user of Fusion 360, it was quite an exercise for me to work out how to model a cast to make a mold to fit the contour of the tumbler and produce ice in this shape. I'm surprised it works so well and I owe a bit of that to you. Cheers!

[danielcezario]

amazing and very easy to follow, thank you!

[martinmarriott]

Good work Kristian. I always enjoy your workflows.

[obsessivecorvid]

Nice, though I do find DrStrangelove's tutorial, though for Autodesk Inventor can be done in Fusion 360, a bit easier and quicker.

(do a Disdyakis Triacontahedron next?)

[aturbinex]

hahahahaha "stupid geometric workflows" ... like that