Improved Fractal Pyramid for Vase Mode - Remix

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<figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ67Lt-T8aQ"></oembed></figure><p>This is a remix of <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1356547">ricktu's Fractal Pyramid on Thingiverse</a> that is more reliable for slicing in Cura 5.1.0.&nbsp;</p><p>When sliced in vase mode, the original model had thousands of retractions on the first layer. So I edited the original models in Fusion360 to make the bottom 0.2mm base of the pyramid solid. This ensures that Cura prints the bottom of the pyramid as a solid, concentric layer in vase mode.&nbsp;</p><p>Filament: YOUSU Silk Dual Color PLA</p><p><strong>Printing Settings (Cura 5.1.0):&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Layer Height: 0.19 mm</li><li>Surface Mode: Normal</li><li>Spiralize Outer Contour: ✓</li><li>Smooth Spiralized Contours: ✓</li></ul><p>When I set the layer height at the normal 0.2 mm, I would have strange travels and extrusions in random layers of the print, even if vase mode was on. However, all of those glitch layers would disappear when using a layer height of 0.19mm, which would be visually the same:&nbsp;</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://media.printables.com/media/prints/246588/rich_content/39ee9bb5-2ff5-4273-83b9-27418f44d186/screenshot-2022-07-22-152300.png#%7B%22uuid%22%3A%220ade4a40-e431-449b-ba59-75478d57ba9f%22%2C%22w%22%3A1964%2C%22h%22%3A917%7D"></figure><p>I recommend that you go through the layers after slicing to make sure it's truly printing in vase mode. Happy printing!</p>