Captive Ball with Design

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I used the same technique to create this thing as "Ball in Vine" except I started with an oval larger than the ball. This gave me more freedom to vary the shape of the captive layer. The ZBrush experience just keeps getting better as I continue to learn the many tools and techniques possible with this program. The fluidity of manipulating the shape is wonderful! Update 2/9/14: I separated the design into two files (ball, outer) for those that want to use dual extrusion. Instructions I used ReplicatorG to prepare the file, a MakerBot Replicator2 with the Replicator 2 slicing defaults and the following settings with white MakerBot PLA to do the printing: Infill = 10% Layer Height = 0.200 Shells = 1 Feedrate = 40 Travel Feed = 55 Temperature = 220 I used a raft with full support. Be patient removing the support structure as the clearance between the sphere and captive layer is close.