This is a globe designed to hold pixel lights common in many holiday light displays. I used a couple of them as pumpkins this Halloween and will use them as giant Christmas ornaments in the Christmas show.

The globe is designed to be easy to print, resize, and assemble. For simplicity in printing and resizing, it's made up of only two unique, parametrically designed parts - longitudinal pieces (I call them 'spacers') and circular pole pieces. Everything is designed to be held together with cable ties, because that's how I roll, but other options could also work. I'll be posting a couple of assembly and setup videos soon, but the basic gist is:

1) Print 7 longitudinal spacers and 2 circular pole pieces
2) Attach the 7 longitudinal spacers to one of the circular pole pieces by connecting the slots in the pole piece to the slot at the end of each spacer
3) Attach the second circular pole piece to the other end of the longitudinal spacers
4) Starting at either the top or bottom of one of the vertical spacers, insert a pixel node. (It should be a tight fit.) Hold it in place with a cable tie (or whatever you prefer). Repeat going up (or down) each spacer. I prefer to wrap the cord around the vertical spacer as they're attached, but it isn't required.

There are 7 pixel inserts on each of the 7 vertical spacers, for a total of 49 pixels. Why 49 you may ask, when most light strips have 50 nodes by default? Two reasons - it made the numbers work better and I wanted one light at the top that I could use as a stem (for pumpkins) or a 'hook' for ornaments.

The pole pieces have middle slots that a string (or a cable tie!) can be passed through for hanging.

This is a parametric model so you can easily adjust the size of any of the elements using the CAD files. This version was designed to hold 12mm square pixel nodes, but the holes around each node slot can also be used to attach bullet-style pixels. In theory, at least. I don't have any bullet-style pixels to test it with.

I used translucent filament because I thought it would scatter the light more, but now that I've added the lights I'm not sure it makes much difference. Any color that won't mess with the color profile of the lights will probably work fine.

I've printed successfully with infill as low as 10%. I can print 3 spacers at a time on my 300mm bed, if they are arranged tightly, making the whole thing require only 3 prints. (Two prints with 3 spacers each; 1 print with the remaining spacer and the 2 poles.)