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Cubes Nets

Cubes Nets
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2016-03-28 08:44
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This example demonstrates the nets of cubes and their folding process. It involves core mathematical concepts like solid geometry, geometric transformations, and polygon combinations. Construction highlights include using GeoGebra commands such as Cube, Rotate, Midpoint, OrthogonalLine, Segment, and Translate to create the cube and its net faces, with transformations showing the folding effect. Suitable for high school solid geometry teaching or beginners in geometric modeling.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Cube(A, B, xOyPlane) → a, C, faceBCGF, faceCDHG, faceEFGH, edgeAD, edgeAB, edgeBC, edgeCD, edgeAE, edgeDH, edgeEH, D, edgeEF, edgeBF, edgeFG, edgeCG, edgeGH, E, F, G, H, faceABCD, faceADHE, faceABFE
  2. Rotate(faceABFE, (90° * t), edgeAB) → faceABFE'
  3. Midpoint(A, C) → I
  4. OrthogonalLine(I, xOyPlane) → b
  5. Rotate(faceABFE', 90°, b) → faceABFE''
  6. Rotate(faceABFE', 180°, b) → faceABFE''_1
  7. Rotate(faceABFE', 270°, b) → faceABFE''_2
  8. Rotate(E, (90° * t), edgeAB) → E'
  9. Rotate(F, (90° * t), edgeAB) → F'
  10. Segment(E', F') → c
  11. Rotate(Rotate[faceEFGH, (90° * t), edgeAB], (90° * t), Segment[E', F']) → poly1
  12. Translate(J, Vector[A, B]) → K
  13. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, J]) → poly2
  14. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, J]) → faceABCD'
  15. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, J]) → faceABFE''_3
  16. Translate(poly1, Vector[A, J]) → poly1'
  17. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeAB], (-90° * t), Segment[Rotate[E, (90° * t), edgeAB], Rotate[A, (90° * t), edgeAB]]], Vector[A, J]) → poly4
  18. Translate(faceABFE'', Vector[A, J]) → faceABFE'''
  19. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, L]) → faceABCD'_1
  20. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, L]) → poly3
  21. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, L]) → faceABFE''_4
  22. Translate(poly1, Vector[A, L]) → poly1'_1
  23. Translate(faceABFE'', Vector[A, L]) → faceABFE'''_1
  24. Midpoint(B, E') → M
  25. OrthogonalLine(M, faceABFE') → d
  26. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE'', 180°, d], Vector[A, L]) → poly5
  27. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, O]) → faceABCD'_2
  28. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, O]) → poly6
  29. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, O]) → faceABFE''_5
  30. Translate(poly1, Vector[A, O]) → poly1'_2
  31. Translate(faceABFE'', Vector[A, O]) → faceABFE'''_2
  32. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]], Vector[A, O]) → poly8
  33. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, N]) → faceABCD'_3
  34. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, N]) → poly7
  35. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, N]) → faceABFE''_6
  36. Translate(poly1, Vector[A, N]) → poly1'_3
  37. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE'', 180°, d], Vector[A, N]) → poly9
  38. Rotate(Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeAB], (90° * t), Segment[E', F']) → P
  39. Midpoint(P, F') → Q
  40. OrthogonalLine(Q, poly1) → e
  41. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[faceABFE'', 180°, d], 180°, e], Vector[A, N]) → poly10
  42. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, R]) → faceABCD'_4
  43. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, R]) → poly11
  44. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, R]) → faceABFE''_7
  45. Translate(poly1, Vector[A, R]) → poly1'_4
  46. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE'', 180°, d], Vector[A, R]) → poly12
  47. Rotate(F', 180°, b) → F''
  48. Midpoint(C, F'') → S
  49. OrthogonalLine(S, faceABFE''_1) → g
  50. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]], 180°, g], Vector[A, R]) → poly15
  51. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, T]) → faceABCD'_5
  52. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, T]) → poly13
  53. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, T]) → faceABFE''_8
  54. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE', 270°, b], Vector[A, T]) → poly14
  55. Translate(Rotate[poly1, -90°, b], Vector[A, T]) → poly16
  56. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeAB], (-90° * t), Segment[Rotate[E, (90° * t), edgeAB], Rotate[A, (90° * t), edgeAB]]], 180°, d], Vector[A, T]) → poly17
  57. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, U]) → faceABCD'_6
  58. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, U]) → poly18
  59. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, U]) → faceABFE''_9
  60. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE', 270°, b], Vector[A, U]) → poly19
  61. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeAB], (-90° * t), Segment[Rotate[E, (90° * t), edgeAB], Rotate[A, (90° * t), edgeAB]]], 180°, d], Vector[A, U]) → poly20
  62. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE'', 270°, d], Vector[A, U]) → poly22
  63. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, V]) → faceABCD'_7
  64. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, V]) → poly21
  65. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE, (90° * t), edgeAB], Vector[A, V]) → poly23
  66. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]], Vector[A, V]) → poly24
  67. Rotate(Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]) → poly25
  68. Rotate(Rotate[E, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]) → W
  69. Midpoint(D, W) → Z
  70. OrthogonalLine(Z, poly25) → h
  71. Rotate(faceABFE''_1, 90°, h) → poly26
  72. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE''_1, 90°, h], Vector[A, V]) → poly27
  73. Rotate(C, 90°, h) → C'
  74. Midpoint(W, C') → A_1
  75. OrthogonalLine(A_1, poly26) → i
  76. Rotate(poly25, 180°, i) → poly25'
  77. Translate(Rotate[poly25, 180°, i], Vector[A, V]) → poly28
  78. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, B_1]) → faceABCD'_8
  79. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, B_1]) → poly29
  80. Translate(faceABFE', Vector[A, B_1]) → faceABFE''_{10}
  81. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeAB], (-90° * t), Segment[Rotate[E, (90° * t), edgeAB], Rotate[A, (90° * t), edgeAB]]], 180°, d], Vector[A, B_1]) → poly30
  82. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]], Vector[A, B_1]) → poly31
  83. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE''_1, 90°, h], Vector[A, B_1]) → poly32
  84. Translate(faceABCD, Vector[A, C_1]) → faceABCD'_9
  85. Translate(faceABFE''_1, Vector[A, C_1]) → poly33
  86. Translate(Rotate[Rotate[faceADHE, (90° * t), edgeCD], (90° * t), Segment[Rotate[H, (90° * t), edgeCD], Rotate[D, (90° * t), edgeCD]]], Vector[A, C_1]) → poly34
  87. Translate(Rotate[faceABFE''_1, 90°, h], Vector[A, C_1]) → poly35
  88. Translate(faceABFE'', Vector[A, C_1]) → faceABFE'''_3
  89. Rotate(G, 90°, b) → G'
  90. Rotate(F', 90°, b) → F''_1
  91. Midpoint(B, F''_1) → D_1
  92. OrthogonalLine(D_1, faceABFE'') → j
  93. Rotate(faceABCD, 90°, j) → faceABCD'_{10}
  94. Translate(Rotate[faceABCD, 90°, j], Vector[A, C_1]) → poly36

AI Drawing Prompt Reference

Draw a cube net with six square faces: ABCD, ADHE, ABFE, EFGH, DCGH, and BCGF. Start by creating the cube ABCD, then rotate the face ABFE around edge AB. Find the midpoint I of ABFE, draw a perpendicular line b from I to the xOy plane, and rotate ABFE around b by 90°, 180°, and 270°. Next, rotate points E and F around AB, connect E' and F', and rotate the face EFGH around ABFE' by 90°, 180°, and 270°. Continue rotating ABFE' around AB, find the midpoint M of ABFE', draw a perpendicular line d from M to ABFE', and rotate ABFE' around d by 180°. Finally, rotate points H and D around AB, connect H' and D', and rotate the face EFGH around ADHE by 90°, 180°, and 270°.
The prompt above was compiled from the original drawing commands and is for reference only.