Heart Spongy

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Use version 009. Import in mm. This is approximately 10cm across. Change the scale if you want. Turn support material turned on. I used 30° overhang threshhold and 0.5mm contact distance. You do NOT want a tight contact distance or you will never get to pick out all the little bits from inside the holes. I removed the support material with a brad awl and slim needle-nose pliers. It took me about an hour, but it was well worth it. The picture is before processing. I trimmed the support material but I still want to texture the surface before I upload the final picture. I had to do something creative for the season. (Sorry this was late so people probably won't have time to print this as gifts.) I grabbed Abaab's sphere and applied a linear lattice deformation, and a boolean operation to slice off the lower half. I added a "sternum" down the middle for extra support, and plate on the base that's designed to stick to the bed, such that won't curl up around the edge. I had to add that base because the myriad tiny support columns around the base were popping off. I needed them to stick to that artificial base. I'll add more pictures once I get a better surface finish. Happy Valentines Day, y'all!