Custom Printable Perplexus - "CurviLinear"

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A perplexus is a 3D maze dexterity puzzle in which you navigate the ball, through obstacles by using gravity to your advantage. From inspiration of the Instructables "Design Your Own Perplexus" this was done on SketchUp Pro rather than Autodesk inventor, and the "sweep command" worked with the push/pull, follow me, and align faces commands. This custom-designed Perplexus "CurviLinear" can fit inside a 95mm^3 plastic cube and uses a >6mm ball bearing. Don't have a ball bearing? Print one! In CurviLinear, There are about 28 obstacles, every part is double-sided and it could be played in reverse. As the name implies, It is moderately difficult as it features the "Twisty Rope", curvy arches, tubes, sharp turns, inconsistent walls, and drops. Instructions: There are two ways to make the Perplexus. The first way is you can 3D Print the preassembled Perplexus all in one shot which is convenient and quick, but it will take more support material, and worse quality. The second way is to 3D Print all 14 separated parts, and then assemble them by PLA soldering, hot glue or superglue. Use the images/stl as a guide when doing so, since the parts are color-coded/numbered. Support is necessary but must be blocked in certain areas as it is difficult to remove. Higher infill % or more walls will lead to a less fragile chassis. Lower speeds will increase quality. Enclosure Instructions: The point of the enclosure is to have a stable, surrounding, 360-degree grip on the puzzle when playing with it, and to eliminate the need of buying a plexiglass enclosure. The ball can still enter/exit the holes. This vornoi cube enclosure is included within the files. It's split into two halves to not only minimize support, but to make it possible to install the perplexus inside. Each half has nodes connected to the walls which may require support. These nodes ensure the perplexus is in place and will connect to different parts. To install, try fitting the completed perplexus when both halves are closed, properly oriented, and lined up. The parts should line up with the faces of the nodes. Once confirmed it fits, take the halves off and apply superglue to the bottom half node faces where the puzzle faces will make contact. Also, glue in areas where the puzzle itself will make contact with the enclosure's web (Starting X and square hump.) Take the top half and apply glue to both the nodes and the seam where the enclosure halves line up. In future puzzles, you'll be able to simply just pop the puzzle in, snap the halves together without any glue, then play. I plan on continuing this series and creating more levels of difficulty. The next ones will be "Learning Curve" (hard) and "Hypersphere" (harder). Let me know what you think and if you have any success. Create your own? Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxX3rpv1Lw Update: All numbers are engraved, Obstacle #9 Obstruction Fixed, wall height adjusted for tricky parts, STLs for separate parts, new voroni enclosure.