Pass-through Vortex Christmas Tree Fidget/Decoration

A Christmas tree spin on the popular pass-through vortex concept!
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A conical pass-through vortex fidget toy I printed a while ago brought a Christmas tree to mind. It just needed a topper, and some tweaks to the shape. Feeling inspired, I opened Fusion, and this thing was born.

I had initially intended to make the topper star-shaped, but quickly realized that wouldn't really work with the binary operations required for the pass-through vortex. So, the topper became a hexagon (bestagon) instead. I have included an alternative star-shaped topper as well, for those that may want a more traditional look, but that blocks the pass-through functionality, making it a one-way vortex instead.

My tree is printed in Fillamentum PLA Extrafill "Green Grass", Prusament PLA Galaxy Silver and Polymaker PolyLite PLA Silk Gold, with a 0.4 mm nozzle, layer height set to 0.1 mm (0.2 mm should work fine as well) and infill set to 50% rectilinear (for added weight). Parts should be printed as oriented in the files.

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