Monohedrons
29/11/2024
The previous post about a monohedron inspired a unexpected request from one of this blog's visitors.
Could it be possible to have two entangled monohedrons?
This is the kind of challenge that numerunique couldn't resist tackling.
3D printing is the only feasible way to realize such a complex design. Once you have an .stl file, it's straightforward to use a slicing software to prepare it for "printing".
However, the slicing software typically processes only a single object at a time. To circumvent this limitation, the design needs to be conceptualized as a single object.
This trick here is to incorporate a very thin link between the two monohedrons.
Another problem that need to be dealt with is the gap between the two monohedrons. This is easily solved by a special material that dissolves in water. That material id highlightes in purple on the figure below.
The actual printed result is:
And after am immersion in water, the final object, composed of two entangles monohedrons eventually appears.
