Modular Origami Instructions

Modular Origami Instructions - Basic Sonobè

Stephen Cavilia

September 18, 2008

1 Information
1.1 Acknowledgements
1.2 Links
2 Folding modules
3 Assembly

1 Information

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Copyright 2008 Stephen Cavilia. Questions and comments should be sent to sac+origami@atomicradi.us. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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1.1 Acknowledgements

Several versions of the Sonobè module are described at http://www.origamee.net/creation/sonobes.html. Instructions for assembling the basic module are available at http://www.math.lsu.edu/ verrill/origami/sonobe/index.html

1.2 Links

All folding diagrams on one page: SVG PNG

Photo gallery including some models built with this module

2 Folding modules

Each module is made from one sheet of square paper.

Figure 1:

Crease paper in half vertically and fold top and bottom to center

Figure 2:

Fold bottom right corner up

Figure 3:

Fold top left corner down

Figure 4:

Tuck right corner under upper layer of top

Figure 5:

Tuck left corner under upper layer of bottom

Figure 6:

Turn over and fold bottom right corner to center

Figure 7:

Fold top left corner to center

Figure 8:

Completed module. The presence and direction of the center crease depends on the model being assembled.

3 Assembly

Sonobè modules can be connected into rings of three of four. Most models use three-module rings to form stellated polyhedra with triangular faces. Each module has two pockets and two points connects to four other modules.

Figure 9:

Insert corner into pocket

Figure 10:

Two modules completely assembled

Figure 11:

Three modules partly assembled

Document Identiﬁcation

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