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The flat XY orientation was the anisotropy extreme, carrying a tension\u2013compression yield asymmetry of 30.2% that fell to 14.3% at YX and was negligible at XZ. The modulus asymmetry ran the opposite way, 7% at XY against 20% to 27% elsewhere. Elastic-plastic and asymmetric models were calibrated at the representative YX basis, with XY as the constraining case. Single-stress-state fits deviated by up to 7.8% in the other branch, and the tabular tension-only fit failed outright in compression at YX. At YX the fits carrying both branches held both stress states, the asymmetric formulation trading compressive accuracy for tensile, and at XY it alone held both. In three-point bending the asymmetric YX model matched the experiment, while the XY coupons exceeded both XY-calibrated models, an unexplained flexure elevation. In the gyroid crush the leading YX models reproduced the three-phase response, slightly over-predicting the plateau. 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