drag the polyhedron to re-orient
drag the black dot (KV) to re-shape
click on different solids at the bottom for a different platonic frame

Here are the related publications so far.

Interactive Metamorphic Visuals (published in INFORMATION VISUALISATION 2001 p 483-488)
Archimedean Kaleidoscope: A Cognitive Tool to Support Thinking and Reasoning about Geometric Solids, Geometric Modeling: Techniques, Applications, Systems and Tools, Editor: M. Sarfraz, Kluwer Academic Publisher (In press).
Sedig, K. Rowhani, S., Morey, J., Liang, H. (2003). Application of Information Visualization Techniques to the Design of a Mathematical Mindtool: A Usability Study. Journal of Information Visualization, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2(3).

All of these solids are related to the symmetry groups of the Platonic Solids. For a visualization of the reflection groups see my very old program reflection groups of the regular solids.

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		Archimedean Confection (AC)

1 Archimedean Kaleidoscope (AK)