Polydron Frameworks Collection 3D Printer Model

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Summary

Polydron Frameworks is an open-frame version of the marvellous Original Polydron educational toy, and the types are compatible. After succeeding in creating custom pieces of the original (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6804599), the next logical step was to tackle Polydron Frameworks. The only guidelines that were available were the compatibility claim, as well as pictures on the web, which show that the mechanism differs from the original.
So, after a few iterations, we have here a collection of pieces similar to the Polydron range, with some additions:

  1. Equilateral n-gons, from 3 to 10 (i.e. triangle to decagon). The decagon comes out at 222mm x 216.36mm, which means that strictly speaking I am not supposed to be able to print it on my Prusa Mk4, where the Y-size is limited to 210mm. However, one can get ahead by cheating and lying - it turns out that you can push the Y-size to 216.5mm by setting the bed size accordingly in Prusaslicer, with a Y offset of +4mm. So we use the part where the purge line is deposited too. This leaves a full 70 microns of margin to spare on each side. (See file FW10.3mf, where I have configured it thus.) If this does not work for you, you can still console yourself with a heptagon and a nonagon, which few others are privileged to own.
  2. The two delightful rhombi (rhombuses?) with long-to-short axes ratios of sqrt(2) and phi respectively. Once again I refer you to https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2013/bridges2013-71.pdf for interesting information about these shapes.
  3. More triangles: right angle (half a square), isosceles, and root 2. This introduces a new edge length, longer than the standard by sqrt(2), i.e. the diagonal of the square. These triangles respectively have one, two, and three of these longer sides.
  4. Rectangle, with side lengths of unity and sqrt(2), to go with the triangles above.

The Frameworks pieces are slightly easier to assemble, especially when it comes to inserting the last panel in large polyhedron, like an icosahedron or maybe a triacontahedron, because you can access both sides of the joint, unlike the case with the solid (original) panels. And they use less material. But sometimes solid is good, too.
My personal preference is for a combination of types - they are compatible, after all.
And the most important thing is to have lots of pieces. More is better, it turns out.

FW03.stl 522.6KB
FW03I.stl 439.0KB
FW03R.stl 386.6KB
FW03sqrt2.stl 676.2KB
FW03_x18.3mf 199.2KB
FW04.stl 642.5KB
FW05.stl 851.0KB
FW06.stl 1.2MB
FW07.stl 1.0MB
FW08.stl 1.3MB
FW09.stl 1.6MB
FW10.3mf 432.8KB
FW10.stl 1.6MB
FWRect.stl 5.8MB
FWRhombPhi.stl 725.2KB
FWRhombSqrt2.stl 709.2KB