The Ultimate
Modeling System
Because Zometool replicates so many natural structures and can build so many different geometric designs, it is of great value for many professionals.
Mathematicians use Zometool to model everything from networks in discrete mathematics, to group theory, and projection models (shadows) of theoretical 4-dimensional objects. Crystallographers, chemists and material scientists build lattices of natural crystals and quasi-crystalline materials, Buckyballs and other Fullerenes, and models of chromosome bonds and protein molecules. Engineers and computer scientists design space frames, make visual models of data bases, and numerous other uses.
A surprisingly rich array of structures can be modeled using Zometool, an elegant user-friendly version of the 61-zone structural system. Zometool is a self-teaching embodiment of regular 2-, 3- and 5-fold symmetries. It is the perfect tool for modeling numerous geometrical figures.
Based on the powerful 61-zone system, Zometool balls and struts represent points and lines in space. Each point generates an array of vectors along the 61 lines given by the edge midpoints, face midpoints and vertices of the dodecahedron, as well as the edge midpoints of the 5 cubes of the dodecahedron.* These vectors define struts with lengths in Golden Mean powers of one, cosine 18°, cosine 30°, and cosine 45° respectively:
