Parametric Orchid Basket

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Most orchids demand ample air circulation around their roots, and many prefer growing in hanging baskets. Few options were available commercially, where most of the basket's surface would be covered by holes, yet holes would be small enough that some finer orchid mix particles don't escape, so I designed one and had a few printed. This was originally designed to fit 120mm x 120mm Panowin beds, but I botched the outer sizes of the resulting minkowski() shapes in OpenSCAD, and it came out slightly too large (more like 150x150mm), so I scale it down to 70% in my slicer before printing. If your printer is large enough, you can print as is. The size of the basket - width, length, height - as well as the sizes of the hexagonal holes are parameters in OpenSCAD that you can adjust to suit your needs. Some combinations of params may require manual adjustment to get the holes lined up correctly. This basket uses chamfering (mostly for structural strength), and is utilizing Chamfers for OpenSCAD library from here https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1305888, but I included its file with mine because I wasn't sure how to properly include external module/library to make my .scad file renderable.