I wanted to make one of Simone's Flip Moon Displays after seeing the video yesterday, but wanted to see if I could make it fully 3D printed. After a bit of effort, I was able to model up a version of the flap that could be printed using my Bambu H2D (Other printers should work fine, but the modifier setup is a pain so Bambu is probably the only easy option). The print is only 3 layers to match the original material thickness, so it can be printed on 2 build plates with only 2 filament changes on the H2D (Plate 1: 1h36m, Plate 2: 1h47m). I did use the Smooth PEI build plate to get a flat underside.
I didn't want to model 28 different dual sided flaps so I took full advantage of the modifier system to manage the dual color moon surface and the shadow phases for both sides. Each flap is made up of a center base layer (Black), 2 front and 1 back moon contour modifier (medium gray), 1 front and 1 back moon surface (light gray or white), and 14 front and 14 back shadow modifiers. Once the flaps were organized on the two build plates I went through and deleted the shadows that weren't needed for each front and back of all 28 flaps. I saved the Bambu project file so you don't have to do any of this. I do have the Fusion 360 f3d file, 3mf, and step of the universal flap, but I would not recommend going through that process.
I also added a model for a 28 hole wheel, the original design had 30 flaps, but I reduced this to 28 to make the phase count equal for each of the quadrants. The Fusion f3d file is also posted along with stl, 3mf, and step files.
Please visit the site below to download the files for the rest of the parts. I am only posting the flaps and the modified wheels here.
Remix Source: https://yetch.studio/pages/flip-moon-instructions
The source YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VeoAkKFg4
Update: I added a new version with a black border around the moon (same size flaps), this version prevents viewing surrounding flaps, which made the moon look like an oval. I also added a new version of the flap wheel with a tighter fit on the shaft flat and shaft. The new knobs lock in a bit better and can't rotate in place.
The author remixed this model.
Modified the wheel hole count, and created a version of the flaps that uses 3d printing instead of laser cutting and vinyl decals.