Dice Tower sliced

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I really like ClericAaron's dice tower with swappable trays, but it was just a bit too tall (145mm) for my Dreamer (Z 140mm). Also, it was a long build and I needed it done in time for a gift the next day; couldn't afford to get ten hours in and risk something going wrong. What's more, what could possibly go wrong when 3D printing, right? I used OpenSCAD to slice the main tower into four smaller parts. To make assembly easier, there are peg holes for aligning each section. The holes are 10mm high and 5mm in diameter; just print some slightly smaller pegs, apply a bit of epoxy, or drop a couple of magnets in one piece and metal BBs in the other. The bottom opening is sliced about halfway through, so I removed ClericAaron's custom support. The second piece, the arch, is now relatively low to the print bed and printed just fine with support in Simplify3D. Here's How I Designed This Not too much fuss; ClericAaron did all the hard design work. To break it down into separate printable pieces I: Imported it into OpenSCAD. Created four modules, one for each piece. Used difference() and some cubes to section out each piece. Removed a couple of cylinders straddling the line between each pair of pieces for peg holes.