Cucumber heart shape mold

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This is my very first design from scratch using Fusion 360. I've seen this product before and it would take 45-60 days to arrive if I were to order it online, which will be too late since all the cucumbers in my garden would be fully grown so I used this opportunity to challenge myself and recreated it. This is a cucumber shaper, specifically for straight eight cucumbers (15-20cm long by 5-6cm wide). You insert the young cucumber into this mold and let it grow out. As the cucumber grows and expends, it'll take on the shape of the mold, in this case, a heart. You can use this for all vegetables that are similar in shape and size such as zucchinis, long eggplants, yellow squash, etc. Holes were added near the top for tying strings to attach this print to the plant. I've printed a 1cm cross section of this in pla and the 2 parts fit together nicely. The full print will be 20cm long. You'll need to use strap ties to keep the 2 halves together. I haven't printed the stl in full since I'm waiting for my clear/transparent petg to arrive. I don't think the cucumber itself needs to be in full sunlight since it grows in the shade of its own leaves but this is a good excuse to buy a new spool of filament and try out clear ones. Please share pics of your print and happy printing!