Online Templates
"Geometric Folding Structures"
Format: A4 Template I PDF
Title: Geometric Templates
Requirements: Access to a computer or mobile phone with internet connection I A4 printer
Software: Adobe PDF Reader
Previous knowledge I Level: Beginner- No previous knowledge required, Intermediate level- Previous knowledge required, Complex level - Advanced knowledge required
Language I Audio: German I English
Additional materials: Cutting mat, cutter, scissors, embossing pen, glue
Time required: 10min- 30min
Contents: Information, folding instructions, templates
Price: 0,00 Euro
Year: 2022
The templates available for download are a good starting point for the mathematical and artistic exploration of geometries and structures using paper objects.
Background information and instructions on how to build the models are given for each template. You do not need any mathematical or prior knowledge of paper engineering to build and understand the models. The paper objects are an excellent way to develop a feeling for three-dimensional space.
To demonstrate that such models can also have a practical use, there are numerous fields of application, including teaching and learning geometry, architecture, engineering and numerous artistic fields such as sculpture or design.
To create the paper objects, all you need is an A4 printer, paper in 90gr-120gr. A4 size, a cutting mat, cutter or scissors, and glue.
Licence: For private and non-commercial use only.
TEMPLATE #1
TITLE: TETRAHEDRON
TEMPLATE #2
TITLE: OCTAHEDRON
TEMPLATE #1: TETRAHEDRON
CREATE YOUR FIRST GEOMETRIC SHAPE
Template for the shape of a TETRAHEDRON. A TETRAHEDRON is a four-sided solid consisting of four equilateral triangular faces. You can imagine the geometry as a pyramid with a triangular base. You can use A4 paper for the object. Fold along the dotted line; cut out the shape along the solid line.
- FORMAT: A4 I PDF DOWNLOAD
- TITLE: TETRAHEDRON
- ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1 SCISSORS OR CUTTER, CUTTING MAT, RULER, EMBOSSING TOOL
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: BEGINNER- NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- TIME NEEDED: 5 MINUTES
TEMPLATE #2: OCTAHEDRON
CREATE YOUR FIRST "FIVE PLATONIC SOLIDS" OBJECT
The shape of an OCTAHEDRON consists of eight equilateral triangles. The object can be thought of as two square pyramids joined at their bases. The OCTAHEDRON is one of the five platonic solids.
- FORMAT: A4 I PDF DOWNLOAD
- TITLE: OCTAHEDRON
- ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1 SCISSORS OR CUTTER, CUTTING MAT, RULER, EMBOSSING TOOL
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: BEGINNER- NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- TIME NEEDED: 10 MINUTES
TEMPLATE #3
TITLE: ICOSAHEDRON
TEMPLATE #4
TITLE: RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON
TEMPLATE #3: ICOSAHEDRON
CREATE ANOTHER "FIVE PLATONIC SOLIDS" OBJECT
An ICOSAEDER consists of 20 equilateral triangular faces. Like the OCTAHEDRON, the ICOSAHEDRON belongs to the five platonic solids.
- FORMAT: A4 I PDF DOWNLOAD
- TITLE: ICOSAHEDRON
- ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1 SCISSORS OR CUTTER, CUTTING MAT, RULER, EMBOSSING TOOL
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: BEGINNER- NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- TIME NEEDED: 10 MINUTES
TEMPLATE #4: RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON
CREATE ANOTHER GEOMETRIC OBJECT
The RHOMBICAL DODECAHEDRON shape appears in the most unusual of places. Emboss along the dotted line; cut along the solid line.
- FORMAT: A4 I PDF DOWNLOAD
- TITLE: RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON
- ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1 SCISSORS OR CUTTER, CUTTING MAT, RULER, EMBOSSING TOOL
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: BEGINNER- NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- TIME NEEDED: 10 MINUTES
TEMPLATE #5
TITLE: TRIANGULAR DIPYRAMID
TEMPLATE #6
TITLE: PENTAGONAL DIPYRAMID
TEMPLATE #5: TRIANGULAR DIPYRAMID
CREATE ANOTHER GEOMETRIC OBJECT
The TRIANGULAR DIPYRAMID is one of eight convex polyhedra that have equilateral triangles as faces. The folding shape consists of 6 triangles.
- FORMAT: A4 I PDF DOWNLOAD
- TITLE: TRIANGULAR DIPYRAMID
- ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1 PAIR OF SCISSORS OR CUTTER, CUTTING MAT, RULER, EMBOSSING TOOL
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: BEGINNER- NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- TIME NEEDED: 10 MINUTES
TEMPLATE #6: PENTAGONAL DIPYRAMID
CREATE ANOTHER GEOMETRIC OBJECT
The PENTAGONAL DIPYRAMID, like the TRIANGULAR DIPYRAMID, is one of eight convex polyhedra that have equilateral triangles of faces. The FIVE-POINTED DIPYRAMID consists of 10 equilateral triangles.
- FORMAT: A4 I PDF DOWNLOAD
- TITLE: PENTAGONAL DIPYRAMID
- ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1 SCISSORS OR CUTTER, CUTTING MAT, RULER, EMBOSSING TOOL
- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: BEGINNER- NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- TIME NEEDED: 10 MINUTES