Divided Weighted Companion Cube

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I designed Weighted Companion Cubes for friends and family with clean prints and accuracy as top priorities. However, accurate models will always exhibit overhang issues when printed on a delta or Prusa-style printer. To minimize this problem, I took the original model by Poh - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:33138 - and sliced it in half for hassle-free printing. New sizes and plates have been added to make the process more versatile. While drooping overhangs and/or support trimmings may be avoided, I personally think an ugly seam is less problematic than unsightly support structures. This model prints beautifully when enlarged, but large-scale printing may cause warping due to uneven thermal contraction in different parts of the print. In pursuit of a seamless base plate and warp-free prints, some designs have featured undulating shapes on their undersides. However, such strategies remain imperfect. As this is a minor adaptation, the original GNU-GPL license has been retained. Instructions Before you proceed to print your customized cube, note that significant scale up may result in a flat base only if extreme attention to warping has been observed while using Slic3r 1.x or other state-of-the-art slicing software - older Slic3r releases may still experience trouble processing this object. Those stuck on older slicer versions will have an easier time fixing the STLs in Netfabb.