Paper Models of (special) Pyramids

Paper Models of (Special) Pyramids

Clik on the links for PDF files with nets of the models

Square pyramid:

Cheops Pyramid scale 1:2000

Pyramids of the same height:
3.Triangular pyramid
4. Square pyramid
5. Pentagonal pyramid
6. Hexagonal pyramid
7. Heptagonal pyramid
8. Octagonal pyramid
9. Enneagonal pyramid
10. Decagonal pyramid
11. Hendecagonal pyramid

triangular pyramid, pentagonal pyramid, octagonal pyramid

12. Dodecagonal pyramid

Truncated pyramids of the same height
(pyramidal frustums)
3. Truncated triangular pyramid
4. Truncated square pyramid
5. Truncated pentagonal pyramid
6. Truncated hexagonal pyramid
7. Truncated heptagonal pyramid

8. Truncated octagonal pyramid

9. Truncated enneagonal pyramid
10. Truncated decagonal pyramid
11. Truncated hendecagonal pyramid
12. Truncated dodecagonalpyramid

Asymmetric square pyramids

Asymmetric pyramid

Rhombic pyramids

Imperfect pyramids

Pentagrammic pyramid (low)

Pentagonal star pyramid

Pentagonal / Hexagonal star pyramid

Tetragonal / Octagonal star pyramid

Truncated pentagonal star pyramid
(and other truncated star pyramids)

Asymmetric pentagrammic pyramid
Hexagrammic pyramid

Truncated square pyramid

Oblique truncated pyramid

Oblique truncated pyramid

Twisted pyramid

Compound of two truncated asymmetric pyramids

Compound of two asymmetric pyramids

version 2

Compound two different asymmetric square pyramids

Compound of two asymmetric pyramids of different sizes

Three pyramids in a cube

Six pyramids in a cube six square pyramids that fit in one cube Six square pyramids in a cube

Miscellaneous pyramids / Miscellaneous pyramids uncolored

PDF files (no pictures available):
Multi side base pyramids
Pentagonal pyramid
Seven pyramids

Concave pyramids
Pentagrammic pyramid(high)

Multi side base dipyramids
Dipyramids of the same height

Pyramid Compounds
Compound of two asymmetric pyramids (color)

Definition of a Pyramid*:
A pyramid is a polyhedron with one face (known as the "base") a polygon and all the other faces triangles meeting at a common polygon vertex (known as the "apex"). A right pyramid is a pyramid for which the line joining the centroid of the base and the apex is perpendicular to the base. A regular pyramid is a right pyramid whose base is a regular polygon. An n-gonal regular pyramid (denoted Yn) having equilateral triangles as sides is possible only for n=3, 4, 5. These correspond to the tetrahedron, square pyramid, and pentagonal pyramid, respectively.

*) Mathworld: Pyramid