did the pic work It didnt on my end when I tried to use it so here it is 
again
srry all

Flaming Monarch wrote:

> Hi all I need some help making some shapes,
> I'm trying to kane an octahedron without taking a box and cutting off 
> edges, as I later want to make a regular dodecahedron and an icosahedron.
> I finally found the prisim and it makes good stuff for other things but 
> i'm still new and cant find how to make the shapes above thanks for the 
> help!
> 
> this is what I have to do ?  but remember i'm new!
> 
> #declare cutter =
> box {
> <2.1,2.1,2.1>
> <-2.1,-2.1,-2.1>
> pigment {Green}
> translate  <0,3.5,0>
> }
> 
> difference {
> 
> box {
> <2,2,2>
> <-2,-2,-2>
> pigment {Green}
> }
> object {cutter  rotate x*45}
> object {cutter  rotate x*-45}
> object {cutter  rotate x*45 scale -1}
> object {cutter  rotate x*-45 scale -1}
> 
> 
> object {cutter  rotate z*45}
> object {cutter  rotate z*-45}
> object {cutter  rotate z*45 scale -1}
> object {cutter  rotate z*-45 scale -1}
> }

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