Modular Hex Dice Tower (Parametric)

A compact, adaptable easy-print dice tower. Parametric design to suit various sizes or numbers of dice.
4h 19m
7× print file
0.30 mm
0.40 mm
93.00 g
73
313
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1551
updated September 21, 2024

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Because you can never have too many hexes - a modular, parametric dice tower. Print your choice of base, as many upper segments as you want (at least two), and the crenelated top segment if you want to get fancy. Then stack them with a 120º rotation at each level. As uploaded, this tower works great for 2-3 16mm d6 dice for the small tray, and many more for the larger one - and because the tower is splittable, your dice can't get too stuck.

If you want to adapt the size, recommended segment height is at least 1.5 times your dice face height, probably 2.5 if you want to stack your segments with a half turn. The base segment (with tray) should be at least half a face taller than this. Segments don't all need to be the same height, but the radius and wall thickness need to be the same for all segments.

Inner radius of all tower segments should be at least 1.5 faces.

Inspired by and designed for Settlers of Catan; printed in Polymaker PolyTerra Peanut PLA (don't say that too fast) at 0.3mm layer height with a 0.4mm nozzle and 15% adaptive infill. Higher layer heights work great for this design giving a nice woodgrain / sandstone appearance. No supports needed.

Note - this is my first published Fusion 360 model, and the approach is probably not optimal even if the result is satisfactory. Constructive feedback welcome.

Archive is just the original set of files. Everything has been checked over, re-exported and re-sliced for consistency after adding the new parts.

Model origin

The author marked this model as their own original creation.

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