Random Fractal Snowflake In BlocksCAD 3D Printer Model

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File formats: scad,xml,stl
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Summary

This is a randomized fractal (recursive) snowflake implemented in BlocksCAD.

To keep symmetry, I used a simple seeded pseudo-random number generator rather than the built-in generator (though you can set the seed to -1, and then it'll be seeded from the built-in generator, so you'll get different output each time).

The Thingiverse customizer was made by exporting from BlocksCAD to OpenSCAD and moving the variable definitions to the top of the file.

I am attaching an image showing seeds 1-100 so you can choose which one you like. There are many more seeds available, of course (up to around 4 billion).

The BlocksCAD project page is here: https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/68072

For printing, I recommend increasing retraction to minimize whiskers, and then begining the removal from the bed with a razor.

random_recursive_snowflake.scad 2.5KB
random_recursive_snowflake.xml 36.1KB
snowflake10.stl 7.2MB
snowflake11.stl 4.8MB
snowflake14.stl 14.9MB
snowflake2.stl 5.5MB
snowflake8.stl 2.5MB