Flower pot cat protection v2.0

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We have got recently a cat and he likes to dig sometimes in pots and make a mess around. So I decided to design such protection by myself rather buying it (BTW it appears to be not so cheap). Moreover own design and printing allow me easily adjust and scale it to pots of different diameters. Initial design was made for pot of 260 mm diameter. I have designed the protection in Hexagon without any breaks and holes, while later one or two sections could be cut out to put it around a flower or plant. As mentioned already the initial design was made for pot of 260 mm diameter. I have also introduced some improvements in comparison with the pot protection I found on Thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3600410). First of all I have made vertical pillars not completely perpendicular (90 grad), but rather at 85 grad, which allows them better hold on a pot. Second I have made holes on tip of each pillar to be able to fix the protection with cord or metal wire. Resulted model has been exported from Hexagon as STL file, imported into Cura and scaled down to fit pot of 210mm diameter, then printed with layer 0.28mm, nozzle 190C and speed 70 mm/s (detailed Cura setting could be found in Other Details section). I have then cut one section to "open" protection and inserted metal wire into holes. Assembled in this way pot protection was set on 210 mm diameter pot and fixed with metal wire which resulted in strong, durable and stable structure.