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Elegant Double-Spiral Christmas Ornament 3d model
Elegant Double-Spiral Christmas Ornament 3d model
Elegant Double-Spiral Christmas Ornament 3d model

Elegant Double-Spiral Christmas Ornament

This model is restricted by licensing terms. 

This is a fun ornament that catches the light beautifully and looks different from every angle.

Not for commercial use. Please see license agreement.

I knew from the outset that printing this would be very difficult, so I accepted it as a challenge and as you can see, it worked!

I was able to get a reasonably rough print by engineering supports. They are designed not to handle overhang, but to keep the print adhered to the plate and eliminate any wobble in the x-y plane. They release easily with no marks on the print and no cleanup. I've provided the model with and without these supports, but without something that acts like them, the I believe print is impossible using an FDM printer. It may be easier to print using resin or another technology.

I improved the print quality by using Cura's "Custom Supports Cylinder" plug-in to add 10mm cylinder supports under the center of each wide, unsupported section at the top (shown in slides). These reduce warping on the Z axis.

There's a tiny hole at the top of the ornament for you to insert a thread of to hang the ornament by.

The supports add a lot to the print time. My print time was roughly 11 hours.

Community Makes (1)
Printed on Pink Silk PLA, 0.2mm layer height and selected the non support file but added 'manual support painting and had the grid support, I think. It had 3 towers and a wider base support! Slowed down to 50%... Very happy with the result!
Printed on Pink Silk PLA, 0.2mm layer height and selected the non support file but added 'manual support painting and had the grid support, I think. It had 3 towers and a wider base support! Slowed down to 50%... Very happy with the result!


Community Makes (1)
Printed on Pink Silk PLA, 0.2mm layer height and selected the non support file but added 'manual support painting and had the grid support, I think. It had 3 towers and a wider base support! Slowed down to 50%... Very happy with the result!
Printed on Pink Silk PLA, 0.2mm layer height and selected the non support file but added 'manual support painting and had the grid support, I think. It had 3 towers and a wider base support! Slowed down to 50%... Very happy with the result!

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Printed on Pink Silk PLA, 0.2mm layer height and selected the non support file but added 'manual support painting and had the grid support, I think. It had 3 towers and a wider base support! Slowed down to 50%... Very happy with the result!
Printed on Pink Silk PLA, 0.2mm layer height and selected the non support file but added 'manual support painting and had the grid support, I think. It had 3 towers and a wider base support! Slowed down to 50%... Very happy with the result!  3d model
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PrinterBambu Lab P1S
Print bed sizeX: 256 mm; Y: 256 mm; Z: 256 mm
MaterialPLA
Layer height0.2 mm
SupportsGrid

Elegant Double-Spiral Christmas Ornament

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Scott M
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This model is restricted by licensing terms.