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Octet truss with minimal faces - ebil_pigeon - 03-07-2015 What is (are) the best way(s) to construct an octet truss with a minimal amount of faces? Geometrically, it is a regular tetra- and octahedron pair repeated to desired length with cylindrical struts. I am unsure how to approach. RE: Octet truss with minimal faces - Stem - 03-09-2015 One way would be to start with the available primitives. Quick example. Create primitive > Octahedron. (rotate around Y axis 45deg) Create primitive > Tetrahedron (with options) > Edge length 2.828427 (same edge length as default Octahedron. Rotate around Y axis 60 deg) Using "Put on" put Tetraherdon onto Octahedron (Tetrahedron hidden), inset each face of Octahedron. "Intrude" + object "cleanup" (make sure cleanup "Length tolerance" is large enough to desolve/weld the intrude faces, and creates a square cross section) Repeat those operations on the Tetrahedron. From those 2 objects, you can then duplicate and align as needed. There are possibly other, maybe better ways to create that, but that is what first comes to mind. RE: Octet truss with minimal faces - ebil_pigeon - 03-11-2015 Thanks Stem---this is a very elegant solution and a good starting point!