03-07-2015, 12:22 AM 
	
	
	
		What is (are) the best way(s) to construct an octet truss with a minimal amount of faces? 
![[Image: truss.gif]](http://www.grunch.net/synergetics/images/truss.gif)
Geometrically, it is a regular tetra- and octahedron pair repeated to desired length with cylindrical struts. I am unsure how to approach.
	
	
	
![[Image: truss.gif]](http://www.grunch.net/synergetics/images/truss.gif)
Geometrically, it is a regular tetra- and octahedron pair repeated to desired length with cylindrical struts. I am unsure how to approach.
 
	 
