Fractal Snowflake Vase
Fractal Snowflake Vase
3D
Published 2018-08-24T12:55:56+00:00
The Koch Snowflake is one of the earliest fractals described, long before the word 'fractal' was even coined. It's easy to describe - just start with an equilateral triangle, then take each side and add a triangle to the middle, one-third the size of the original, then repeat for each smaller edge, again and again, to infinity. It's a shape with a finite area, but and infinitely long boundary! So, be glad this is only an approximation to a few iterations, or else your printer would take literally forever.
This shape was one that I read about as a kid and thought was pretty awesome. I remember writing programs to plot it on screen - it only takes a few lines of code - but now I've made a really-real one! How cool is that? One day I might get less excited about how cool 3D printing is, but today is not that day.
As you've no doubt gathered, this is intended for vase mode printing (Spiralize Outer Contour in Cura). The nature of the shape means that the printer will sit there constantly changing direction, so it's a slow print, but not a difficult one at all.
| Date published | 24/08/2018 |
| Support Free | YES |
@Clockspring looks fantastic! Thx for the model! :) If I post any pictures elsewhere, I’ll credit you :)