Blizzard of Unique Snowflakes

prusaprinters

<p>I made a unique line of Kickstarter snowflakes back in in 2014. If you'd like to see the project, see <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laird/snowburst-2014">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laird/snowburst-2014</a> .</p><p>Snowflakes are unique. So why not be able to generate and print unique snowflakes? I've seen a snowflake generator that generates gcode, but I wanted one that generated 3D geometry, which I could then slice and print, so I wrote one.</p><p>The code is a bit strange, as OpenSCAD doesn't support recursion, and barely supports arrays. But with persistence I think I've come up with something pretty cool.</p><p>Note that this is designed in OpenSCAD, using the “customizer” capability built into OpenSCAD. To use this file, download the OpenSCAD app from <a href="http://www.openscad.org">http://www.openscad.org</a> .</p><p>I've uploaded 8 ready-to-print snowflakes! And you can generate all you like!</p><p>So let's make a million unique snowflakes!</p><p>Inspired by (though no code from) Dave Menninger's Parametric Snowflakes.</p><p>Updated: added bash script to generate a blizzard of snowflakes, and modified script to run with proper randomness.</p><p>Updated: created <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:40959">http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:40959</a> which is Customizable.</p><h3>Instructions</h3><p>Print the STL files. Slice them at layer height 0.25mm or less (the thinnest part of the snowflakes is just over 0.5mm, so 0.25mm gives you two layers). I use 3 shells, because that looks nice to me.</p><p>To generate unique snowflakes, load the script into OpenSCAD. Every time you change the 'seed' and run it, it will generate a unique 3D snowflake. Export the ones you like as STL files and print them. And upload photo's, so that we can all appreciate a 'blizzard' of unique snowflakes.</p><p>Or download the bash file, and generate a 'blizzard' of snowflakes automatically!</p><p>Category: 2D Art</p>