Colored Pencil Holder

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The STL file I am sharing creates an object bigger than my 3D Printer bed. Please be sure to scale it and orient it appropriately for your bed. Printed in PLA. The bed temperature was 70 C for the first layer with the fan turned off and 65C with the fan turned on for all other layers. The hot end was 220C for the entire print. (This will probably make more sense for PRUSA users.) This is not the best possible design for racking a set of colored pencils, but I did find it a fun project and it is useful on my drawing table. Perhaps someone else will share an improved version. Print Settings Printer Brand: Prusa Printer: Prusa Mk2 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.2 mm Infill: 20 Notes: I Printed the thick plate as the base, and found some slight lifting of the corners during the printing, however the structure was rigid enough not to deform the printing layer at the hot end. Printing the thin plate as the base might also work but I don't know. The hexagon cells are pitched at 3 Degrees so if you choose to use it to store something else, you may use it resting on the thick base and the Hex cells opening horizontally instead of vertically. The print took about 30 hours to finish at 100% Prusa normal speed. How I Designed This Hex Cell Copy and Paste I created a single hex cell, cloned it and used copy and paste tools in Fusion 360 to create an array of cells, I then combined them all into a single object, and rotated that object 3 Degrees. I then added a couple of rectangular plates for a sturdy base and a thin back to seal the cell on one side.