Snubsquares – The Pieces

Snub Squares – a Puzzle Based on Equilateral Triangles and Squares

The SnubSquare grid consists of squares and equilateral triangles, with the ratio of squares to triangles being 1:2.

There are 49 combinations of SnubSquare polyforms that are made up of 2 squares and 4 triangles. In 12 of the 49 polyforms, the squares are separated by 2 triangles (Figure 1); in the remaining 37, the two squares are connected at a single corner.

49 SnubSquare pieces composed of 2 squares and 4 triangles
49 SnubSquare pieces composed of 2 squares and 4 triangles
12 SnubSquare pieces in the SnubSquare grid. The squares of each polyform do not touch.
12 SnubSquare pieces in the SnubSquare grid. The squares of each polyform do not touch.

Snubsquare-Puzzles

3D-printed Puzzles

Ideally, one begins with a complete set of a given polyform family and attempts to derive from it a symmetric shape suitable for a puzzle. An example of this approach is the set of 12 SnubSquares composed of 2 squares and 4 triangles, in which the squares do not touch. Unfortunately, no suitable symmetric shape has been found for this set so far.

For this reason, the 3D-printed puzzle is based on a shape composed of 6 SnubSquares.

The link in the download section leads to the corresponding page on Printables. There, in addition to the print files for the puzzle, you will also find 3D files for all 49 SnubSquare pieces, as well as SnubSquare files for use with the Polysolver solution software.

3D printed Snubsquare-Puzzle
3D printed Snubsquare-Puzzle
Solution for Snubsquare-Puzzle
Solution for Snubsquare-Puzzle

Resources & Downloads

3D Print Templates

The 3D-print templates consist of the snubsquare puzzle pieces and a box.

Snubsquare-Puzzlebox
Snubsquare-Puzzle Parts