Inflection Vase
Added 2022-07-15 13:57:29 +0000 UTCOnce again I had loaded up the printers with multi-coloured "toothpaste"-style filament, and wondered what kind of elements might show off the fact that the print surface bears a different colour depending on the orientation of the model with respect to the printer.
You'd never know to look at this but the first version of this idea was very angular, with flat planes tilting in different directions up the height of the vase, but it occurred to me that I could make that a continuous shift of direction instead. That turned out into those sweeping vanes that twist as they rise, which causes the colour shift of those kinds of filaments to end up twisting around the vase on an angle instead of being straight up and down.
That said, it's also just a swirly, twisty vase, and it'll print just fine in any filament you choose to throw at it! :)
Print Description
This is a vase mode print, so set your slicer accordingly!
Print Dimensions
The Inflection Vase can be scaled to whatever you like, but by default it occupies 98mm x 98mm on the print bed and is 127mm tall.
Supports needed?
No supports required! It's vase mode!
Scalability
The Inflection Vase will scale happily, as most vase mode models tend to!
Print Orientation
Being a vase mode print, the Inflection Vase prints right-way-up, like so:
File location You'll find this one at at 655 Inflection Vase
Link to dropbox post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31697592
Further Thoughts
I wonder how this would look if those vanes wobbled back and forth on their way up, rather than taking the whole height to twist around? No matter how far down the rabbit hole you go with these kinds of designs there's always something else to poke and prod at...
Happy printing!
xoxo
Sven.
