On the Subject of Cubic Wires
The electrician’s school didn’t prepare me for this either...
For those familiar with the original manual.
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Note down the module’s 11 rotations, out of which there will be 8 two-axis rotations and 3 three-axis rotations.
- Axes’ directions and notation for two-axis rotations are both the same as in The Hypercube.
- Notation for three-axis rotations is the same as in The Octadecayotton.
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For each rotation, if it is a...:
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two-axis rotation, take the Nth and (N+1)th colors in the rotation’s priority string (where N is the position of the rotation in the sequence, starting from 1).
If the two wires with those colors share a vertex, cut the first uncut color in the rotation’s priority string.
Otheriwse, cut the second uncut color. -
three-axis rotation, go through each adjacent pair of colors in the rotation’s priority string (ignoring cut wire colors; without wrapping around).
Upon reaching a pair of colors whose wires are on the same axis, cut the second wire of the pair.
If no such pair exists, cut the first uncut color in the rotation’s priority string.
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two-axis rotation, take the Nth and (N+1)th colors in the rotation’s priority string (where N is the position of the rotation in the sequence, starting from 1).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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| XY | R | O | Y | L | G | J | C | A | B | V | M | S |
| XZ | B | C | M | G | Y | R | O | V | J | S | A | L |
| YX | M | L | G | R | A | Y | J | S | B | C | O | V |
| YZ | G | B | L | V | Y | M | O | S | R | C | A | J |
| ZX | A | B | C | G | J | L | M | O | R | S | V | Y |
| ZY | C | G | V | B | R | L | S | Y | A | J | M | O |
| +X+Y+Z | R | Y | G | C | B | M | O | L | J | A | V | S |
| +X+Z+Y | O | C | L | B | G | Y | M | V | R | A | J | S |
| -X+Y-Z | Y | S | J | B | G | V | C | A | M | L | O | R |
| -X+Z-Y | G | O | R | Y | S | B | L | A | V | C | J | M |
| +X-Y-Z | C | R | A | O | B | Y | V | L | M | G | S | J |
| -X-Z+Y | M | S | V | A | J | O | G | L | Y | C | B | R |
| +X-Z-Y | B | R | S | V | A | M | L | G | O | J | Y | C |
| -X-Y+Z | V | O | C | A | B | L | R | Y | M | S | G | J |
- Afterwards, cut the only remaining uncut wire.