Golden Ratio Snowflake

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<h3>Phantom Proportion Snowflake</h3> This model enters the BlocksCAD Snowflake Challenge. To create this model, I drew inspiration from the phantom proportion. This proportion is widespread in nature and can be observed in various natural settings such as the arrangement of leaves on some plants or even in human DNA. In this specific model, all segments are multiples of the phantom proportion, which is roughly 1.61803. A document detailing this will be provided to facilitate understanding (the exact proportions for the first version are shown; v2 and v3 follow a similar pattern). The .xml file can also be downloaded to see how it was implemented in BlocksCAD. Some difficulties arose when attempting to slice the automatically generated .stl file using Simplify 3D and Cura. However, these issues were easily resolved by utilizing an stl repairing software. I attribute the origin of this problem to the design itself, which may contain intersecting faces or similar complexities.