Perforated1

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This massive container boasts an impressive array of 274 evenly spaced holes encircling its circumference. Due to the varying diameters of the base shape, these holes fail to align vertically, revealing a common yet often overlooked challenge: locating evenly spaced points or shapes on any curved surface. Automobile speaker grills exemplify this issue. To address this problem, designers employ a method that first establishes the number of rows featuring evenly spaced holes and then calculates the precise spacing between each circle within those rows. This approach starkly contrasts with the method used for another popular design, showcased at Thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4058413), where rows and columns do align, albeit at the cost of distorting each hole to accommodate the geometry's diameter at that specific height. Perforated1 printed remarkably well in just over 34 hours using a print speed of 80 mm/sec and a layer height of 0.200 mm.