The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D Shadow Box Jack and Sally

jack black.stl

Mettaur

Mettaur_Print-Helmet.stl

Sculpture of a sexy lady

1.stl

Hanging String Art Tree Decoration

String tree decoration.stl

Star Tree Topper 

Star tree topper.stl

Sitting Sprout in Santa Hat

sitting Sprout.stl

Bionic Spider

PÖYTÄHÄKKI.stl

Thinking Alien Sculpture - Support Free

ThinkingAlienSupportFree.stl

Wolf Rider Guardian - Heroic Rider on a Majestic Wolf

Wolf_Rider_Guardian.3mf

mermaid nautilus planter

Mermaid nautilus planter.stl

Sculptural Hand Hanging Pot — Unique Home Decor

moon_hand.3mf

Glaive, Mecha Model Accessory

Glaive_Half.stl

BO6 Zombies, Legendary Gobblegum Set 

Epic gobble gums set.3mf

BO6 Zombies, epic Gobblegum set

Faux Cactus Ornament

faux cactus.3mf

Shaka Hand Surfer Wall Mounted Bundle / Sculpture / No Supports

HORIZONTAL DOWN.stl

“Staffy-AmStaff style” - Geometric dog wall art 

full.stl

Caterpillar // VR Sculpt

A cute chubby caterpillar I sculpted in VR using Kodon for the HTC Vive. A great blank canvas that would make a fun painting project!

Printed at .1mm layer height for an extra smooth finish and no supports required.

Realistic Koopa Troopa

Clifford Sculptures (Climber)

This sculpture is one in a series of three derived from the Clifford parallel geodesics of the cell-centered stereographic projection of the four-dimensional 600-cell. Visit my page for links to others in this series. See here for video: https://youtu.be/MTMeT03aBJ0 

The 600-cell is a stunningly beautiful regular 4-polytope, but its beauty is nearly impossible to appreciate because, well, we can only perceive three dimensions!

One way to deconstruct and appreciate the 600-cell is to understand it in terms of geodesic great circles. The 600-cell is made up of 72 great decagons. The 72 great decagons can be divided into 6 sets of 12 non-intersecting Clifford parallel geodesics, such that only one decagonal great circle in each set passes through each vertex, and the 12 decagons in each set reach all 120 vertices.

When exploring or printing these sculptures, I encourage you to orient to the geometry by first locating the complete decagons. Every line portion of is course part of a larger great decagon that has been removed to reduce complexity and highlight specific aspects of the geometry.

These are advanced sculptures to print and require meticulous planning and support structures. The models pictured were printed with an FDM printer, 0.4mm nozzle at 0.1mm layer height, although these designs are probably better suited to SLA or SLS printing technology.

This project was inspired by the book "Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing" by Henry Segerman.

Learn more about Clifford parallel geodesics and 600-cell geometry here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600-cell 

Clifford Carousel

Named because of its circular symmetries, this sculpture is the easiest to print. It is made up of nine of the smallest Clifford parallel geodesics connected with “struts” to form three interconnected 30-tetrahedron Boerdijk–Coxeter helix rings. 

Clifford Core

Named because of its similarity to an apple core, this sculpture does not contain any full geodesic great circles, but instead shows the interrelation between portions of eleven geodesic great circles, one through the middle and ten twisting around. The sculpture can also be seen as portions of five twisted Boerdijk–Coxeter helix rings containing 21 of the full 30 tetrahedrons.

Clifford Climber

Named for is similarity to playground climbing structures, this sculpture contains nine of the largest Clifford parallel geodesics which, like the “Clifford Carousel,” are connected with “struts” to form three interconnected 30-tetrahedron Boerdijk–Coxeter helix rings. This sculpture is the most difficult to understand and by far the trickiest to print!


Sculpture

Most Downloaded of All Time

Categories

Downloads

Trending

Popular

Paid

Videos

New Uploads

Downloads

Trending

Popular

Paid

Videos

New Uploads

Downloads

The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D Shadow Box Jack and Sally

Mettaur

Sculpture of a sexy lady

Hanging String Art Tree Decoration

Star Tree Topper

Sitting Sprout in Santa Hat

Bionic Spider

Thinking Alien Sculpture - Support Free

Wolf Rider Guardian - Heroic Rider on a Majestic Wolf

mermaid nautilus planter

Sculptural Hand Hanging Pot — Unique Home Decor

Glaive, Mecha Model Accessory

BO6 Zombies, Legendary Gobblegum Set

BO6 Zombies, epic Gobblegum set

Faux Cactus Ornament

Shaka Hand Surfer Wall Mounted Bundle / Sculpture / No Supports

“Staffy-AmStaff style” - Geometric dog wall art

Caterpillar // VR Sculpt

Realistic Koopa Troopa

Clifford Sculptures (Climber)