Pod Bowl (incl. single and multimaterial versions)
$3.90 Pod Bowl (incl. single and multimaterial versions)
3D
Published 2021-10-09T04:02:21+00:00
My wonderful Patreon supporters get this model free! :)
I'm a sucker for combining angular shapes with big, curved surfaces, and the Pod Bowl is a pretty obvious example! It's fundamentally a cube that's sliced through by a sphere, but that shape is only suggested by the forest of vertical prongs that actually make up the shape.
Each prong is a kind of lollipop shape, with the centre aligned precisely where the sphere would slice through, and thus we end up with this kind of discontinuous curved surface thingy. Suffice to say it's a somewhat fragmented bowl.
Read the original Patreon writeup here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pod-bowl-single-56583496
The curve on the Pod Bowl is fairly gentle towards the centre, so it might be worth using a thin layer height to smooth that out. Of course, if you're using a slicer that facilitates changing layer height through the print then you can happily print the lower half more efficiently.
In terms of perimeters and infill it's worth bearing in mind that the individual prongs need to be robust enough to handle any sideways forces that will work against the layer lines!
For anyone printing a multimaterial version: I'll assume that you already know what you're doing with such things, and just mention that there are four separate STLs included, one for the main body and one for each of the layers of colour.
| Date published | 09/10/2021 |
| Price | $3.90 |
| Support Free | YES |