Compound of two Cubes: paper strips for plaiting

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Compound of
2 Cubes

16 vertices

36 faces
12 rectangular-
isoceles
triangles (12 ritr.)
24 recangular
triangles (12 rtr.) vertex/
edge

2
paper strips
each divided
into 2 parts

12 ritr.
24 rtr.

pattern paper strip I, paper strip II,
each 3663 x 1652 pix, 268 kb
as pdf-files: st1.pdf, st2.pdf

mark backside of the paper strips with bI/II,i1I/II,a1I/II,...,a9I/II,eI/II
square diagonals: valley folding, paper strips: alternative mountain-/valley folding
plaiting scheme:

a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9

I ↑↑ i7 II ↑↑ i3 II ↓↑ i8 I ↑↑ i1 II ↑↑ i6 II ↓↑ i2 I ↑↑ i4 II ↑↑ i9 II ↓↑ i5 I

II ↑↑ i1 I ↑↑ i6 I ↓↑ i8 II ↑↑ i4 I ↑↑ i9 I ↓↑ i2 II ↑↑ i7 I ↑↑ i3 I ↓↑ i5 II

start with a2I↑↑i3II, a8II↑↑i3I, a3II↑↓i8II, a2II↑↑i6I, a6I↑↓i2I, a7II↑↑i7I, a7I↑↑i4II, a3I↑↓i8I, ...

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