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Octahedron

Eight flat triangles, the shape of a cut gem.

gem, crystal, diamond, shard, jewel, bipyramid
Category
Primitives
Outputs
mesh
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Two pyramids base to base. At the lowest detail it is already the faceted crystal look, so a gem needs nothing done to it afterwards.

Raise Detail and it subdivides towards a ball the way an icosahedron does, but it keeps its two pointed ends longer, which is what makes it read as cut rather than tumbled.

Inputs

SocketTypeWiring

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultAvailable whenWhat it does
Radiusnumber1always
Detailnumber0always

Built with this node

  • Make It Bobuses it

See also

  • icosahedronRounder and more even, for rocks rather than gems.
  • setMaterialGlass with a little emission is what makes a gem read as a gem.

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