Dodecagon Vase

prusaprinters

<p>There it is: My first vase design! It is build from a dodecagon. In geometry, a dodecagon or 12-gon is any twelve-sided polygon. I have build it using Autodesk Fusion 360. Originaly its z-size is 150 mm. But it should not be a problem to scale it on z-axis to whatever you want to (or your printer can do). I have made a prototype with 100 mm, printed the vase with its original size and scaled the z-axis to 180 mm in the PrusaSlicer (just watch the images). All tests have been done on a Prusa i3 MK3S.</p> <p>On Prusa printers you can easily use a layer hight of 0.25, using quality filament like Prusament, to speed up the print (assumpting you use the 0.4 mm nozzle). It should not have a top layer but if so, don't forget to remove it in your slicer.<br/> From my point of view, the best practice for a vase is:</p> <ul> <li>load the file to the Sl3cer</li> <li>navigate to "Print Settings"</li> <li>enable "Spiral vase" mode</li> <li>set the perimeters to what ever you want AND answer the sclicers question with "No" -&gt; Vase mode is disabled (should be OK)</li> <li><p>go on to specify your settings<br/> Printer settings on Prusa i3 MK3S (slicing done with PrusaSlicer 2.1):</p> </li> <li><p>Layer height: 0.2 mm (also 1st layer)</p> </li> <li>Vertical shells: 2</li> <li>Horizontal shells: bottom = 6 | top = 0 (!!)</li> <li>Seam position: Random (!!)</li> <li>Infill: 0 % (this is one of the settings taken over from enableing the spiral vase mode at first -&gt; see above)</li> <li>Support material, rafts, brim: none</li> <li>Speed: original slicer settings = unchanged</li> <li>Filament settings: first layer = 205° | second layer = 200° (always try lower temperatures as recommended or biuld a temp-tower of the filament first)</li> <li><p>Watertight = NO (use liquid rubber spray like "Plasti Dip" to make it watertight after the print).<br/> Filament used (see pictures):</p> </li> <li><p>Prusament "Galaxy black"</p> </li> <li>Eryone "Transparent"</li> <li>OWL Filaments "Petrol" (Prototype)<br/> Issue: if an error occurred while slicing: the top 3 layers are partially empty! I think, this will not affect the print. But at this point I don't know, why this happens (I hope to fix that in the next version). Only tested on Prusa Printers/Slicer!!</li> </ul> <h3>Print instructions</h3><h3>Category: Sculptures Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong> Prusa</p> <p><strong>Printer:</strong> I3 MK3S</p> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong> No</p> <p><strong>Supports:</strong> No</p> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong> 0.2</p> <p><strong>Filament:</strong> Prusament PLA Galaxy Black</p>