Captive ball with design 3D for print

Designer

stevemedwin

3d model description

I used the same technique to create this thing as "Ball in Vine" except I started with an oval larger than the ball. This gave me more freedom to vary... the shape of the captive layer.

The ZBrush experience just keeps getting better as I continue to learn the many tools and techniques possible with this program. The fluidity of manipulating the shape is wonderful!

Update 2/9/14: I separated the design into two files (ball, outer) for those that want to use dual extrusion.
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3d model print parameters

I used ReplicatorG to prepare the file, a MakerBot Replicator2 with the Replicator 2 slicing defaults and the following settings with white MakerBot P...LA to do the printing: Infill = 10% Layer Height = 0.200 Shells = 1 Feedrate = 40 Travel Feed = 55 Temperature = 220 I used a raft with full support. Be patient removing the support structure as the clearance between the sphere and captive layer is close. Read more

Tags

Makerbot Pla Replicator 2zbrush

License

CC Atribution