Customizable Sphere Tube / Cup 3D Printer Model Free Download

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Just something I created while playing around with Openscad. Making something useful wasn’t really the object of the exercise but I’ve included some code that gives you the option to close and flatten one end so it can be used as a container (see photos). I have to say the finished print is really pleasingly tactile :-)

The tube is created by generating spheres in an upward spiralling sequence. There’s whole bunch variables to change so I encourage you to play around with it and create your own remixes

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Sphere_tube_03_opt.stl
Has been optimized for ease of upload and download. The original was created at high resolution ($fn=80) resulting in a 120 MB file size, it took more than 6 hours to render.

Sphere_tube_03_SPiralize_Outer_Contour.stl
Has been edited for printing in "Vase" mode (or "SPiralize Outer Contour" mode if you're a Cura user, like me). I edited the mesh outside of openscad to create this file but I'll update the code when I get a chance, so it will be an option within the scad file itself, in the future.

Sphere_tube_04_opt.stl
Is a thinner than the 03 version and the sphere overlap slightly less making their shape more pronounced.

Makes
As always if you do make one pleas do share a photo of your make. thanks

Sphere_tube_03_customizer.scad	3.5KB
Sphere_tube_03_opt.stl	14.0MB
Sphere_tube_03_pub.scad	3.5KB
Sphere_tube_03_SPiralize_Outer_Contour.stl	8.8MB
Sphere_tube_04_opt.stl	8.0MB
ST_barely_touching_00.stl	8.0MB
ST_barely_touching_01.stl	15.8MB
ST_no_base_no_inner_edge.stl	7.3MB
ST_wide_and_low.stl	17.5MB

Customizable Sphere Tube / Cup 3D Printer Model

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