3D shape nets
Cut, fold and glue the solids from your maths lesson.
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Example
Worked example — 3D shape nets
Choose a shape — or all of them, one per page. Use the following inputs and settings. Keep the other settings at the page defaults.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Shape | Cube |
| Glue tabs | On |
| Faces | Blank |
| Output files | 1 |
| PDF pages | 1 |
| Paper | 216 × 279 mm |
Expected result — PDF · PDF pages: 1 · 216 × 279 mm. The preview shows the first PDF page.
How it works
- Choose a shape — or all of them, one per page.
- Keep the glue tabs, and choose blank, numbered or coloured faces.
- Print, cut along the solid outline, fold the dashed edges and glue each tab under its neighbour.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the net of a shape?
- The flat pattern you get when you unfold a solid: the cube’s net is six squares in a cross. Folding nets shows how faces, edges and vertices fit together.
- Which shapes are there?
- Cube, cuboid, square pyramid, triangular and hexagonal prisms, cylinder, cone and the five Platonic solids — tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron.
- What do the numbers under the net mean?
- Faces, edges and vertices. For every solid with flat faces, faces − edges + vertices = 2 (Euler’s formula) — a nice thing to check with the models.
- How do I glue it neatly?
- Fold every dashed line first, then glue one tab at a time, from the base up; the last face closes like a lid. Card (160 g/m²) gives sturdier models.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. The nets are drawn in your browser.
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