I was inspired to make a Coriolis Space Station (a cuboctahedron) after seeing the recent Elite: Dangerous art book while reading The Hand by Frank R. Wilson (recommended to me by Milton Glaser).
All the steps in one image.
The finished piece not quite floating, but 🌟glowing🌟 in my workspace!
Update 2016-08-19: Comments from my high school graphics teacher :)
Kepler City seen from a distance of ~8km in the HR244 system of the Elite: Dangerous simulator.
See you in space, Commander!
—Cmdr Griffee
My high school graphics teacher, Master Alan Ceen's, reply:
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It is much simpler with a little use of Graphics (remember Simon?) to obtain the 2D net for the Cuboctahedron.
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And the instruments that did it in 12 minutes flat.