Cool Sphere

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I created a sleek sphere by skillfully spinning 9 rings into shape. This unique shape undoubtedly has a formal name, so please enlighten me if you happen to know it. The sphere features two impressive add-ons, both easily accessible through Customizer: The Hanging Decoration add-on cleverly attaches a loop to the top, allowing it to be effortlessly hung as a stunning decoration. Meanwhile, the Cat Toy add-on thoughtfully incorporates a sphere in the center, providing endless entertainment for your feline friends. I'm confident that you'll thoroughly enjoy printing this innovative design! To achieve the perfect print settings, consider the following: Print Settings Support: Yes Tips from a seasoned user: When printing my own version, I utilized a raft and ensured that support touched the bed. While it's not always necessary to use a raft, doing so helped me remove all the support after printing, even when printing the interior sphere with the CatToy-2 feature enabled. The design process began with OpenScad, where I generated a ring using rotate_extrude() and circle(). I then utilized two for() loops to add rotation - one for rotating the XYZ plane and another for spinning the groups 45 degrees apart.