Triakis Octahedron Click Here to view Net This is a Triakis Octahedron. The word gon, means side, and the word hedron mean faces. So an Octagon is an 8 sided shape and an Octahedron is an 8 faced shape. The word triakis means to add a triangular point to every face. Below are the main properties of the Triakis Octahedron: Faces = 24 Edges = 36 Verticies = 14 If you would like to view the net for this shape please click on the picture above. These nets are in PDF format, to view, download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. ______________________________________________________ Edward Holmes, SMC @ CCMS, shapemakingclub@btconnect.com