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Voronoi Sphere inside a hollow cube

Through Rhinoceros I designed an empty cube that contains a Voronoi sphere inside.
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Through Rhinoceros I designed an empty cube that contains a sphere inside. For the sphere, I decide to use the Meshmixer program where I edit it and apply a Voronoi pattern. To know how to use the Meshmixer and how to apply different patterns I follow the following tutorial that is in the Prusa Blog: Three simple methods stylize 3D models

Once the sphere with the Voronoi pattern was finished, I export it as .STL and import it into Rhinoceros to put the sphere inside the cube. The cube has a size of 30 mm and the sphere of 25 mm, I place it in the center of the cube. I hope it doesn't stick much and the sphere moves inside the cube.😅 Here are the steps rendered in Rhinoceros. This piece could not be done by another method that is not 3D printing because the Voronoi pattern is so small its holes and also the sphere is floating inside the empty cube only with edges.

 

Using the PrusaSlicer, in the Expert Mode it allows you to place supports only in the places you want, with which you get a piece that you do not need to remove as many supports during post-processing. In my case I place supports on the bottom of the sphere and only on the faces of the cube to support the top of the edge. Thanks to the simulation I can adjust to where I want the media to reach, moving or scaling them, it is an incredible tool.The voronoi pattern being so thin, I use 0.10 mm layer height to have better detail.

 

To print the cube and the voronoi sphere I use Prusament PLA Prusa Galaxy Black at a Nozzle temperature of 215ºC and Heatbed temperature 60. Once the supports are carefully removed, make the final piece like this. 🤩

 

More info:

http://fabacademy.org/2020/labs/leon/students/adrian-torres/week05.html

 

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